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By Jarrod Horak

The Grade 2, $350,000 Bourbon Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Sunday, October 6, 2024, and this is Win & You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The twelve entrants will travel 1 1/16 miles on the turf course and Warlander is the tepid 7-2 morning line favorite. The Grade 2 Bourbon goes as the tenth race on Sunday with a scheduled post time of 5:48 p.m. EDT.

Bourbon Stakes Analysis (Top 4 Selections)

#4 Giocoso (9-2) ran well in both flat mile turf starts. After finishing up the track in his dirt sprint bow, he switched to turf and rallied to miss by a half-length on July 7. He chased from second and aired in his maiden win on turf as the favorite in August, and returned to dirt and finished third at 24-1 odds in the Grade 3 Iroquois on Sept. 7 (beaten 7 lengths). He is back in a preferred turf route and figures to stalk the pace under his regular rider James Graham.

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Jarrod Horak

Jarrod Horak posts stakes recaps from Del Mar and Santa Anita Park, along with full card recaps and free stakes picks from Southern and/or Northern California.