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Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
I Want Revenge heads a field of 8 Kentucky Derby hopefuls in Saturday’s 85th running of the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct April 4.
The 1 1/8-mile Wood Memorial is New York’s first Grade I race of the year as well as one of its major Kentucky Derby 135 prep races where the Wood Memorial winner’s share of $450,000 can be enough to secure a spot in the Kentucky Derby entries list.
Aqueduct’s Wood Memorial entries carrying 123 pounds with jockeys in post position order:
- I Want Revenge under jockey Joe Talamo
- Lord Justice under jockey C. C. Lopez
- Cellar Dweller under jockey A. R. Napravnik
- Atomic Rain under jockey Joe Bravo
- West Side Bernie under jockey Stewart Elliott
- Imperial Council under jockey Edgar Prado
- Just a Coincidence under jockey John Velazquez
- Lime Rickey under jockey Javier Castellano
The Wood Memorial is race 9 in Aqueduct’s April 4 card. Wood Memorial post time is 5:19 pm Eastern.
Tags: Atomic Rain, Cellar Dweller, I Want Revenge, Imperial Council, Just a Coincidence, Lime Rickey, Lord Justice, West Side Bernie
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