Trainer Tim Hamm and Siena Farms' Dayoutoftheoffice, runner-up in last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland, headlines a field of a dozen 3-year-old fillies for Friday's 66th running of the $300,000 Eight Belles (G2), scheduled for seven furlongs on the main track at Churchill Downs.
The Eight Belles will go as the ninth race on the 13-race program with a 4:04 p.m. post time.
Dayoutoftheoffice won her first three starts that included scores in the Schuylerville (G3) at Saratoga and the Frizette (G1) at Belmont Park prior to the Breeders' Cup.
Gerardo Corrales has the mount Friday and will exit post 10.
The field for the Eight Belles, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:
- Make Mischief (Tyler Gaffalione, 118 pounds)
- Cantata (Javier Castellano, 118)
- Souper Sensational (John Velazquez, 118)
- Euphoric (James Graham, 118)
- Windmill (Mike Smith, 118)
- Slumber Party (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118)
- Obligatory (Jose Ortiz, 118)
- Kalypso (Joel Rosario, 120)
- Li'l Tootsie (Flavien Prat, 118)
- Dayoutoftheoffice (Corrales, 122)
- Abrogate (Ricardo Santana Jr., 118)
- Caramel Swirl (Luis Saez, 118)
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