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Turf Stars at Keeneland This Weekend / Friday, October 11, 2024

Ohana Honor and Dontlookbackatall will carry the baton for West Point Thoroughbreds in Graded stakes action this weekend on the turf at Keeneland.

Ohana Honor is listed at 7-to-2 for Friday’s Grade 3 Sycamore Stakes, back over the same course where he scored a 5-length victory in April for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. This spring and summer he finished second in the Grade 2 Man o’ War at Aqueduct and third in the Grade 1 Manhattan at Saratoga. John Velazquez, another Hall of Famer, will take the reins for the first time on the 4-year-old colt.

Dontlookbackatall will team with leading rider Tyler Gaffalione in Sunday’s Grade 2 Franklin Stakes for turf sprinters. A 4-year-old filly, she finished a solid second in the $1.5-million Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes (G2) at Kentucky Downs. That followed three stakes wins in a row, including the Grade 3 Caress Stakes at Saratoga.

Christophe Clement trains Dontlookbackatall.

Both horses are hard to miss: Ohana Honor is a dark bay with a distinct blaze, and he has a unique dark tail with streaks of gray. Dontlookbackatall also is a dark bay, and her entire face is white.



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