My Boy Jack had one last chance to lock up a spot in this year’s Kentucky Derby. On Saturday at Keeneland, he took full advantage of that opportunity.
A 3-year-old bay colt trained by Keith Desormeaux and ridden by Kent Desormeaux, My Boy Jack broke from the far-outside 10th gate, held back for much of the race, then stormed to the front in the backstretch to win the 37th Stonestreet Lexington Stakes, edging second-place Telekinesis. He finished the 1 1/16-mile race over a firm track with a time of 1:44.22.
The Stonestreet, with a purse of $200,000, was one of two final Kentucky Derby prep races on Saturday, along with the Arkansas Derby.