Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Lonesome Street romped
to a front-running 6 ½-length victory in Sunday’s $49,500 allowance feature for
3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs.
Trained
by Mike Maker and ridden by Victor Lebron, Lonesome Street covered the 1 1/16 miles
on a firm Matt Winn Turf Course in 1:43.15. The victory, the second in nine
starts for Lonesome Street,
was worth $30,000 and increased the 3-year-old colt’s career bankroll to
$82,905.
Favored
in the field of eight, Lonesome
Street returned $6.20, $4.20 and $3.40. I Come
From Behind, ridden by Larry Melancon, returned $13.60 and $6.40
with Westshore finishing third, three-quarters of a length back under Leandro
Goncalves and paying $7.20 to show.
There
will be a three-day Pick 6 carryover of $21,056 on races four through nine when
racing resumes Thursday beginning at 12:45 p.m. (EDT) for a nine-race program
that kicks off a banner week at Churchill Downs. Friday night is the first of
four “Downs After Dark” night racing programs this spring with first post time
at 6 p.m. and Saturday is Kentucky Derby Alumni Day featuring five graded
stakes races highlighted by the $600,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade
I).