Don't Leave Me Looms As Favorite in $150,000 Selene Stakes

Dont Leave Me has been tabbed as the slight favorite in the wide-open field at morning line odds of 5-2 for trainer Malcolm Pierce. Owned and bred by Pin Oak Stud, the gray daughter of Lemon Drop Kid is out of See How She Runs who won the Selene Stakes in 2002. Dont Leave Me has won three of her four starts and was last seen winning the Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park. Eurico Da Silva will be aboard and they are scheduled to break from post position six.

Season Ticket aiming for first stakes victory

Second choice at 3-1 on the morning line is Season Ticket for trainer Mark Casse. Also by Lemon Drop Kid, the bay filly broke her maiden at first asking in January and struggled in her next two starts against winners. She was second in an allowance race at Keeneland last time out. Patrick Husbands will be aboard and they will break from post position seven as she tries to earn the first black type win of her career.

Leading Edge making a step up in class

Also in the field at morning line odds of 6-1 is Leading Edge for trainer Roger Attfield. A gray daughter of Tapit, she has been on the board in three of her five starts and will be stepping back up to stakes competition after a third-place finish in an allowance race at Woodbine. She will be trying to earn the second victory of her career and will have Luis Contreras aboard from post position eight.