Ashland Stakes 2020: Entries & Odds at Keeneland
Edited Keeneland Press Release
Updated:
July 08, 2020
Grade 2 stakes winners Bonny South, Tonalist's Shape and Venetian Harbor headline a field of six 3-year-old fillies in the 83rd running of the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Keeneland Racecourse on Saturday, July 11.
The Central Bank Ashland Stakes offers 170 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the first four finishers. The $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks is limited to the top 14 point earners that pass the entry box for the Sept. 4 race.
Post time for the Central Bank Ashland, the seventh race on Saturday's 10-race program, is 4:24 p.m.
2020 Ashland Stakes Odds & Entries
Race 7 at Keeneland on Saturday, July 11 - Post 4:24 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alta's Award | 20-1 | Ricardo Santana, Jr. 121 Lbs |
Steven Asmussen |
| 2 | Venetian Harbor | 6-5 | Joel Rosario 121 Lbs |
Richard Baltas |
| 3 | Bonny South | 5-1 | John Velazquez 121 Lbs |
Brad Cox |
| 4 | Envoutante | 5-1 | Jose Ortiz 121 Lbs |
Kenneth McPeek |
| 5 | Tonalist's Shape | 6-1 | Tyler Gaffalione 121 Lbs |
Saffie Joseph, Jr. |
| 6 | Speech | 2-1 | Javier Castellano 121 Lbs |
Michael McCarthy |
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Juddmonte Farms' Bonny South, winner of the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 21, has been working consistently at Keeneland since late April. Trained by Brad Cox, who won the 2018 Central Bank Ashland with champion Monomoy Girl, Bonny South is second on the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with 100 points.
John Velazquez, who rode Fleet Renee to an Ashland victory in 2001, has the mount on Bonny South and will break from post position three
Ciaglia Racing, Highland Yard, River Oak Farm and Dominic Savides' Venetian Harbor, winner of the Las Virgenes (G3) at Santa Anita, comes in from California for trainer Richard Baltas. Standing 11th on the Oaks leaderboard with 50 points, Venetian Harbor finished second behind Swiss Skydiver in the Fantasy (G3) in her most recent start finishing 10¾ lengths ahead of the third-place finisher.
Joel Rosario has the mount on Venetian Harbor and will break from post position two.
Slam Dunk Racing, Doug Branham and Legacy Ranch's Tonalist's Shape is seventh on the Oaks leaderboard with 60 points. A winner of six of seven career starts for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., Tonalist's Shape has victories this year in the Davona Dale (G2) and Forward Gal (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
Tyler Gaffalione has the mount on Tonalist's Shape and will exit post five.
The field for the Central Bank Ashland, with riders from the rail out, is: Alta's Award (Ricardo Santana Jr.), Venetian Harbor (Rosario), Bonny South (Velazquez), Envoutante (Jose Ortiz), Tonalist's Shape (Gaffalione), Speech (Javier Castellano). All starters will carry 121 pounds.
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