West Point Thoroughbreds buys into My Boy Jack

West Point Thoroughbreds has purchased an interest in multiple graded stakes winner My Boy Jack, chasing the Kentucky Derby in partnership for the second straight year.

The move adds another ownership group to the program for My Boy Jack in a season in which partnerships have been the norm for Derby hopefuls. My Boy Jack will race for Sol Kumin’s Monomoy Stables, Kirk Godby and Matt Bryan’s Don’t Tell My Wife Stables, and West Point Thoroughbreds. Jockey Kent Desormeaux will wear the Monomoy silks aboard the colt trained by his brother, Keith.

Last year, West Point purchased an interest in Always Dreaming before the colt won the Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby.

“I’ve always liked this horse and admire his versatility,” West Point’s Terry Finley said in a release.

“There’s great karma surrounding this colt and his connections, and he’s come out swinging this year despite several tough trips. We’re grateful for the opportunity to join an awesome ownership group and thrilled to provide a dedicated group of our partners the chance to once again experience the magic of the Derby dream.”

My Boy Jack was bred by Brereton C. Jones, who stands the colt's sire, Creative Cause, at Airdrie Stud. Don’t Tell My Wife Stable purchased the colt for $20,000 out of the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale. On the Kentucky Derby trail this season, My Boy Jack, a stakes performer on turf as a juvenile, finished third in the Sham Stakes before taking the Southwest Stakes and finishing third in the Louisiana Derby. He punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby by winning the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland.

West Point also owns an interest in Kentucky Oaks candidate Coach Rocks, campaigning the Gulfstream Park Oaks winner in partnership with Roddy Valente and RAP Racing.