Winning Cause Wins Coolmore Lexington Stakes 2013

Winning Cause won the 32nd running of the Coolmore Lexington Stakes today, Saturday April 20, 2013 at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky! The Lexington Stakes wild-card race awarded Winning Cause with $200,000 and 20 points towards his 2013 Kentucky Derby Entry.

The 2013 Coolmore Stakes win was Jockey Julien Leparoux’s second win of the day at Keeneland. Julien moved Winning Cause swiftly across the finish line passing up Pick of The Litter and front runner Cerro.

Julien Leparoux stated, “Winning Cause finished strong. I know this horse. I remember him and I knew he would do it.”

Trainer Todd Pletcher stated, “We never really talked about the Derby with this colt”, in response to Winning Causes’s possible 2013 Kentucky Derby entry. If Winning Cause entered the Kentucky Derby he would be Todd Pletcher’s sixth horse on the field. Pletcher added, “you can never have too many in the Derby!”

Lady and The Track’s guest handicapper Craig Trapp from PicksandParlays.net predicted Winning Cause would take the win! See Craig’s Lexington Stakes Picks Here.

Coolmore Lexington Stakes Results & Payouts
1 Winning Cause $15.60 to Win/$8.20 to Place/$6.00 to Show
10 General Election $29.60 to Place/$17.20 to Show
2 Pick of The Litter $8.20 to Show
8 Cerro

Coolmore Lexington Stakes 2013 Post Positions & Odds
1 Winning Cause 5-1 Leparoux/Pletcher
2 Pick Of The Litter 6-1 Castanon/Romans
3 River Rocks 12-1 Graham/Catalano
4 Hip Four Sixtynine 50-1 Saez/Barnett
5 Where’s Dominic 20-1 Prado/Trombetta
6 Sunbean 4-1 Stevens/Maker
7 Examen 5-1 Gomez/Proctor
8 Cerro 5-1 Rosario/Motion
9 Wings of Fortune 15-1 Borel/Maker
10 General Election 15-1 Rocco, Jr./Gorder
11 Pure Fun 7-2 Napravnik/McPeek