LEXINGTON, KY. (AP) - Advice has spoiled Square Eddie’s return to racing, roaring from last to first to take the $300,000 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland.
Advice, trained by Todd Pletcher and owned by WinStar Farm, overtook Square Eddie with a spectacular move in the stretch on Saturday then held off Conservative by a length to pick up his first win as a 3-year-old in the last major prep race for next month’s Kentucky Derby.
Advice, with Garrett Gomez up, covered the 1 1/16 miles over Keeneland’s Polytrack in 1:43.33 and paid $33.60, $15 and $7.80.
Square Eddie, making his first start in three months, stumbled at the start but appeared to be in control after jockey Edgar Prado guided him to the front at the turn. He couldn’t sustain the lead, however, and faded in the final yards to finish third.
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