Endlessly tops field of 12 for Saturday's Jeff Ruby Steaks

A full field of 12, plus two also-eligibles, was entered Saturday evening for Turfway Park’s signature Kentucky Derby prep, the Grade 3, $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks on March 23.

The Ruby awards Derby points to its top finishers on a 100-50-25-15-10 scale.

Endlessly, who won the El Camino Real Derby on a synthetic surface in his 3-year-old debut, was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the large field. The colt was a multiple graded stakes winner on turf last season for Michael McCarthy.

The Ruby entries include two other graded stakes winners, Agate Road and West Saratoga. Agate Road has been cross-entered in the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby, also a March 23 prep awarding 100 Derby points to the winner.

The Ruby highlights Turfway’s marquee day of racing, which also includes the $300,000 Kentucky Cup Classic, elevated to a Grade 3 this year; the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks, which awards the winner 50 points toward the Kentucky Oaks; the $250,000 Latonia, won last year by Idiomatic as part of a championship campaign; and the Animal Kingdom and Rushaway, worth $250,000 each. First post is 12:45 p.m.

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