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Stinkin Rich, Wh Kenny G Headline Woodward Memorial
Stinkin Rich will head Saturday’s 400-yard, $88,700 Bob Woodward Memorial Classic Stakes (R) at Indiana Grand.

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Stinkin Rich, Wh Kenny G Headline Woodward Memorial

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN—AUGUST 23, 2017—A field of 10 Indiana-breds has been entered back in Friday’s 400-yard, $88,700 Bob Woodward Memorial Classic Stakes (R) at Indiana Grand.

Carolyn Bruce’s Stinkin Rich, a homebred 5-year-old son of One Famous Eagle trained by Matt Frazier, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite. The gelding has won his last four starts, and his two stakes wins during his streak includes a one-length score in last year’s $91,000 Bob Woodward Memorial Classic.

Stinkin Rich drew post 5 and will be ridden by Rolando Pina.

Wh Kenny G, the fastest qualifier, races for Robert A. Ray and trainer Ronald Brown. A 4-year-old Gold Medal Jess gelding, Wh Kenny G has earned $34,245 from four outs this season, and his two wins include an upset victory at odds of 36-1 in the 400-yard, $53,000 Bradford Stakes at Indiana Grand on July 8.

Wh Kenny G drew post 8 and will be ridden by Harold Collins.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

  1. Beach Bum Eddie (Cesar Esqueda), 10-1
  2. Absolut Teller (Jose M. Ruiz), 30-1
  3. Beach Cartel (Berkley Packer), 4-1
  4. Fantastic Six Pack (Rodney Prescott), 12-1
  5. Stinkin Rich (Rolando Pina), 2-1
  6. Beach Birde (Jesus Salazar), 10-1
  7. Beach Meter (Giovani Vazquez-Gomez), 30-1
  8. Wh Kenny G (Harold Collins), 7-2
  9. Wh Design By Dash (Oscar Macias), 6-1
  10. Pistolpacking Pepsi (Omar Reyes), 15-1

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