Lynn’s Map, a winner of two straight races since his career debut, probably will be scratched from the Lecomte Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds because of a poor post position.

Lynn’s Map drew the outside gate in a 14-horse field for the Lecomte, a 1 1/16-mile dirt race for 3-year-olds that leads to the Risen Star Stakes in February and the Louisiana Derby in March here in New Orleans. Mark Casse, Lynn’s Map’s trainer, said Tuesday that he planned to enter Lynn’s Map on Friday for the Smarty Jones Stakes, which is to be run Friday, Jan. 24 at Oaklawn Park.

“We’ll enter both and see how we draw [in the Smarty Jones], see if there are any scratches [in the Lecomte]. This horse is doing really well right now, and I don’t feel right doing that to him,” Casse said, referring to the difficult task of racing from such a wide draw.