Gutsy allowance win likely earns Lynn's Map a try in Lecomte

NEW ORLEANS – Lynn’s Map beat winners in his first try and simultaneously succeeded in his first two-turn trip when he ran down Mr. Monomoy to win a first-level allowance race for 2-year-olds on the Saturday card here. That’s two wins in a row for Lynn’s Map, who probably earned a start in the Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 18. He earned an 82 Beyer in the allowance win.

“He really dug in to try and catch [Mr. Monomoy],” said Casse’s Fair Grounds assistant, David Carroll. “I was impressed with him.”

Casse has a second horse for the Lecomte, Enforceable, who was a close fourth last out in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill, where he had a difficult trip. Enforceable, a son of Tapit, worked an easy half-mile Friday at Fair Grounds.

Shotski possible for Lecomte

Trainer Jerry O’Dwyer has horses stabled this winter at Fair Grounds but isn’t certain yet whether Remsen Stakes winner Shotski will join the group.

O’Dwyer said via text this past Friday that Shotski is “50-50” between the Lecomte and the Withers at Aqueduct.

Shotski, by Blame, finished fourth in the Street Sense, a one-turn mile at Churchill, before leading all the way in the 1 1/8-mile Remsen on Dec. 7. He had his first work since that start when he went a half-mile in 50 seconds Saturday at Laurel Park.