Using History to Handicap the 2022 Risen Star Stakes

Fair Grounds hosts the $400,000 Grade 2 Risen star Stakes on Saturday. It's the first leg of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series. The top four finishers receive 50-20-10-5 Kentucky derby qualifying points.

After reviewing the past 15 editions of the Risen Star, we have identified six tips and trends to guide your handicapping.

The Risen Star is a popular dirt race. It is usually won by the deep closers. The last five winners were all racing first, second, or third after the opening half-mile.

Only four of the last 15 Risen Star favorites have visited the winner's circle. Longshots have routinely run well in the Risin Star. ive Struck a Nerve stunned handicappers with his 135.20-1 upset in 2013. Bravazo (21-2), Snapper Sinclair (41.70-70), Modernist (12.80-80), Roiland (69.30-30), Forevamo (40.60-60), Albano (13. 60-20), Northern Giant (53. 80-50), and Northern Giants (52.00-53).

Horses based at Fair Grounds have won seven of the last 15 Risen Star races. Six of them exited the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair grounds.

14 of the last 15 Risen star winners had previously contested a stakes race. Modernist won the slower of two Risin Star divisions in 2020.

Using History to Handicap the 2022 Risen Star Stakes is an option. The winner of the Risin Star needs to have a strong recent race under his belt.

Florent Geroux has been a successful jockey at Fair Grounds since 2016. He has won the Risen Star three times aboard Gun Runner, Mr. Monomoy and Mandaloun.

A field of 10 has been entered in the 2022 Risen Star. Epicenterand Pappacap won the Lecomte at Fair Grounds last month. Smile Happy, Slow Down Andy and Remsen Stakes runner-up Zandonare are other big names in this field.

History points to Epicenter as the horse to beat at the 2022 Risen Star Stakes. Smile Happy and Slow Down Andy are the most popular betting options. Epicentre finished second by a head in the Lecomte.