Previews of three Kentucky Derby points preps this extended weekend are the focus of this RFRP. Track announcer John G. Dooley checks in from the Fair Grounds to help preview the loaded field in the Lecomte Stakes, and he also exchanges thoughts on everything from Boulogne to beignets - or racing around the world to food in New Orleans. Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., who rides in the Lecomte, discusses his career. A moment in racing history flashes back to the day that Turf Paradise opened in 1956. And we break down the Lecomte, the Jerome and the Smarty Jones stakes individually and in the greater context of the Kentucky Derby.

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