Count de Monet is the one to beat in the $150,000 Renaissance on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, and the undefeated stakes winner is also the most accomplished runner on a full card of races for 2-year-olds. Oaklawn is putting on 10 races for 2-year-olds and drew 113 entries for the program, including a maiden daughter of champion Songbird named Magical Song and a maiden full brother to champion Rushing Fall named Ben’s Legacy. The Renaissance will be featured alongside the $150,000 Year’s End, which is led by Defining Purpose. Count de Monet won the $150,000 Advent on Dec. 9 at Oaklawn to lift his career record to 3 for 3. He’s part of a field of six for the Renaissance, which will be run over six furlongs. Others set to start include the stakes-placed runners Frosted Departure and Bourbon Bash, as well as the promising Two Eagles River. Count de Monet will start from post 6 one start after winning from the rail in the Advent, a 5 1/2-furlong race in which he shuttled home in front by three lengths. Count de Monet earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 85. “He did well coming out of the one hole,” said Tom Swearingen, who trains Count de Monet for Charles Galli. “At this track, I prefer to be outside rather than inside. Coming out of the one hole, he ran a super nice race, maneuvering through horses, getting to the outside, and drawing off. I thought that was the most impressive thing – he had plenty left in the tank.” Swearingen is pleased with the outside draw Saturday, as well as the manner in which Count de Monet has trained up to the Renaissance. :: DRF Bets players have exclusive access to FREE DRF Past Performances - Classic or Formulator! Join today.  “He came out of the last race well and is coming into this race real fine,” he said. “We look for another good one.” Santo Sanjur has the mount on Count de Monet. Frosted Departure will attempt to turn the tables after running fourth in the Advent. Francisco Arrieta has the mount from post 2. “We’ll let him run from the inside,” said trainer Kenny McPeek, who prefers Saturday’s draw to the outside gate the horse had in the Advent. The Advent also was run in the mud, and McPeek said he would prefer a fast track for Frosted Departure. The Accuweather forecast is favorable for such conditions, calling for cloudy skies and a high of 68. Frosted Departure carried seven more pounds than Count de Monet in the Advent, but McPeek noted the horses will be at equal weights – 124 pounds each – on Saturday. McPeek also trains Defining Purpose, who is part of a nine-horse field for the Year’s End for 2-year-old fillies. It will be run at a mile, with the race to end at the sixteenth pole. Defining Purpose comes off a fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Golden Rod on Nov. 26 at Churchill. “She ran a respectable race,” McPeek said. “We were ambitious in that spot. We felt like this was a good spot for another [stakes] try for her. She’s been doing really well at Oaklawn.” Defining Purpose worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 on Dec. 22. The move was the second fastest of 48 at the distance that morning at Oaklawn. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures “She’s got a lot of raw talent, is a nice filly to be around,” McPeek said. “From the beginning, she’s been an easy filly to handle. Like anything else, you only get so many opportunities for stakes for fillies and we want to give her a run at some black type.” David Cabrera has the mount from the rail for Magdalena Racing and Colette Marie Vanmatre. “She’s got some speed if you need it,” McPeek said. “We’ll let her use that. Otherwise, she’ll be pretty tactical.” Oaklawn’s first offering of a full card for 2-year-olds was agreed to last July by track president Lou Cella, said Pat Pope, the racing secretary at Oaklawn. “Oaklawn is really about the Arkansas Derby and Fantasy and we wanted to showcase these 2-year-olds about to turn 3,” Pope said. “I think it’s going to be a good day.” Both stakes are new to the calendar at Oaklawn. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.