While Allen “Black Cat” Lacombe served as a beloved Fair Grounds publicist decades ago, it's hard to love anyone Saturday in the race named after him. That's not because the $100,000 Lacombe Memorial, a turf route, lacks talented 3-year-old fillies, but because several among seven entrants have shown talent at a similar level.
Fionn catches Love and Poetry, takes Allen 'Black Cat' Lacombe Stakes
Fionn declined to change leads and couldn’t keep a straight course, but still rallied resolutely through the Fair Grounds homestretch going last to first under Marcelino Pedroza in the $97,000 Allen “Black Cat” Lacombe Stakes on Saturday.