Bourbon and Horses
Jan 19, 20211 min
Cowan, a son of Kantharos out of Tempers Flair, by Smart Strike, has finished second in each of his last two races, including the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, who won the Smarty Jones last year with Golden Street looks to repeat with this colt. Cowan earned 4 points toward his Derby campaign and sits 12th on the current Kentucky Derby Leaderboard. (Full Standings HERE)
Also entered is the Brad Cox trained, Caddo River who will make his stakes and two-turn debut. Caddo River has been based at Oaklawn and logged two half-mile workouts, including a :48 move over a fast track Sunday morning that ranked the third-fastest out of 85 published at the distance. His last victory was 9 1/2 length romp in his maiden at Churchill back in November.
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