Racing

Grass Marathon Specialist Just a Touch Leads Field for $400,000 Sycamore Oct. 9 at Keeneland

Qatar Racing, Fergus Galvin, Adrian Regan and Marc Detampel’s Just a Touch, the winner of two turf stakes and three of four starts on the grass this year, headlines a full field of 12 entered today for the 32nd running of the $400,000 Sycamore (G2) to be run at Keeneland on Friday, Oct. 9. 

Trained by Brad Cox, the 5-year-old son of Justify comes into the 1½-mile Sycamore off a victory at the same distance in the Colonial Cup Sept. 7 at Colonial Downs in Virginia.

The Sycamore highlights Friday’s 10-race program as the ninth race.

The field for the Sycamore, with trainers, jockeys and weights from the rail out, are: 

Friday, Oct. 9 — Race 9, 5:16 p.m. — $400,000 Sycamore (G2), 3-years-old and up, 1½ miles (turf):

PostHorseTrainerJockeyWeight
1GoldeneyePeter EurtonEdwin Maldonado122 lbs.
2Just a TouchBrad CoxIrad Ortiz Jr.122
3MercanteBrian KnippenbergJoe Ramos122
4Navy Seal (IRE)Wesley WardJose Ortiz122
5Echo LaneRohan CrichtonBrian Hernandez Jr.122
6English ActorRachel HaldenJunior Alvarado122
7Limited LiabilityShug McGaugheyLuis Saez122
8Tiz DashingBarclay TaggJavier Castellano122
9LayaboutPatrick BianconeKeith Asmussen124
10Vote NoKelsey DannerUmberto Rispoli122
11DesvioMadison MeyersLuan Machado122
12RothschildNorm CasseAxel Concepcion122
13AELambethJoe SharpJose Ortiz122
14AESumoodBrendan WalshTyler Gaffalione122
15AECarcanoVicki OliverJohn Velazquez122
16AEUr BenjaJose AranhaJames Graham122