2 Guys and a Crown: Robert B. Lewis Stakes
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Bram Weinstein and Joe Kristufek return in 2016 to take fans step by step down the Triple Crown trail. This week's focus is Saturday’s Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, a steppingstone to the Santa Anita Derby with the winner earning 10 points toward a potential berth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.
Bob Baffert, who trained last year’s Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, has the strong Lewis favorite in Mor Spirit, who was last seen winning the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity.
Baffert has won the Lewis in five of the last 16 years, including 2015 with Dortmund, who went on to finish third in the Kentucky Derby.
The 2012 Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another won the Lewis. Other notable recent winners include Candy Boy (2014), Caracortado (2010) and American Pharoah’s sire (father) Pioneerof the Nile (2009).
Mor Spirit is supposed to win this year’s Lewis, but Weinstein and Kristufek both have other ideas!
Joe’s Lewis Picks#7 Uncle Lino#5 Mor Spirit#2 I Will Score#1 Let's Meet in Rio
$20 Bankroll$.50 trifecta: 5, 7 with 1, 2, 5, 7 with ALL ($15)$5 win on #7
Bram’s Lewis Picks#2 I Will Score#6 Path of David#5 Mor Spirit#3 Dressed in Hermes
$20 Bankroll$10 exacta box: 2,6 = $20
$150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes
Saturday, Race 4, Santa Anita Park, 5 p.m. ET
1 1/16 miles, dirt, 3-year-olds
PP
Horse
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Odds
1
Let's Meet in Rio
Kent Desormeaux
Bob Baffert
Juddmonte Farms
TBD
2
I Will Score
Mike Smith
Jerry Hollendorfer
Hans Poetsch
TBD
3
Dressed in Hermes
Rafael Bejarano
Janet Armstrong
Budget Stable
TBD
4
Laoban
Tyler Baze
Eric Guillot
Southern Equine Stable or McCormick Racing
TBD
5
Mor Spirit
Gary Stevens
Bob Baffert
Michael Lund Petersen
TBD
6
Path of David
Joseph Talamo
Kristin Mulhall
Alley, Thrash or Thrash, Et Al
TBD
7
Uncle Lino
Fernando Hernandez Perez
Gary Sherlock
Mansor, Purple Shamrock Racing or Sherlock
TBD