Court, 60, would love a Keeneland winner

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Jon Court doesn’t know whether a jockey in his 60s has ever won a Grade 1 race, but if he becomes the first Saturday, he’ll revel in the accomplishment.

“I don’t know who it possibly could have been, if anybody,” Court said this week from his winter base at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas. “It’d sure be a great thing to become the first, I know that.”

Court, who turned 60 in November, will be in to ride Will’s Secret in the Grade 1 Ashland. The Dallas Stewart-trained filly has won her last three starts, all with Court aboard, including the Martha Washington and Grade 3 Honeybee at the current Oaklawn meet.

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“She’s fast, she’s versatile, and she’s a pleasure to ride,” said Court, who has ridden more than 4,200 winners in a career dating to 1980. “We’ll be in there giving it our best, trying to make some history.”