Coulthard morning line choice of nine in Thursday’s Let It Ride

Jay or Julie Manoogian’s Irish-bred import Coulthard has been tabbed as the 3-1 favorite in a field of 9 on oddsmaker Jon White’s morning line for Thursday’s featured $100,000 Let It Ride Stakes.

Arriving late last year after posting two seconds and two thirds from five starts as a 2-year-old in his native country, the colt broke his maiden in his first start for Phil D’Amato in February at Santa Anita and followed it up with an optional claiming win in March, then was unraced before a troubled fourth at the same level on October 2.

At one mile on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course, the Let It Ride – named for the 1989 horse racing themed movie starring Richard Dreyfuss – will be the first beyond a sprint distance for Coulthard.

Ten were entered on Sunday, but trainer David Hofmans said (Tuesday) that Big Fish would be scratched in favor of a stakes at Golden Gate Fields.

The field from the rail with jockeys and morning line odds in parentheses: Lincoln Hawk (John Velazquez, 8-1); Crew Dragon (Luis Saez, 7/2); Nerves of Steel (Giovanni Franco, 20-1); Sonic Brees (Umberto Rispoli, 15-1); Coastal Kid (Wayne Barnett, 20-1); Team Merchants (Mario Gutierrez, 6-1); Coulthard (Joel Rosario, 3-1); Man Friday (Kent Desormeaux, 7/2), and Petruchio (Mike Smith, 8-1).