Juddmonte's multiple graded stakes winner Set Piece was tabbed as the 2-1 morning line choice by morning line odds maker Mike Battaglia in Sunday's 43rd running of the Grade 3, $300,000 River City at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
The River City is one of three stakes events on the program. Run at 1 1/8 miles on turf, the River City will go as the finale on the 10-race card at 5:35 p.m. (all times Eastern). First post is 1 p.m. The card also includes the $300,000 Bet On Sunshine (Listed) and $300,000 Dream Supreme (Listed).
Trained by Brad Cox, Set Piece would achieve millionaire status with a victory in the River City. The 6-year-old gelded son of Dansili (GB) has never won at the distance and last stretched out to 1 1/8 miles in the Arlington Million (G1) where he finished a disappointing fourth as the 2-1 favorite.
Set Piece has won 11 of 24 career starts and banked $919,573 in purse earnings. Most recently, Set Piece closed from 12 lengths off the early pace in the $1 million Turf Mile (G1) at Keenealnd but finished fourth by 1 ¾ lengths to Annapolis. Earlier this year, Set Piece won the $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) and $200,000 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup (G3). Jockey Florent Geroux will have the mount in the River City and break from post No. 11.
Here's the complete field from the rail out (with jockey, trainer and morning line odds): Hozier (Julien Leparoux, Rodolphe Brisset, 30-1); English Tavern (James Graham, Michelle Lovell, 20-1); Beatbox (Brian Hernandez Jr., Cherie DeVaux, 20-1); Cellist (Corey Lanerie, Rusty Arnold II, 6-1); In Love (BRZ) (Gerardo Corrales, Paulo Lobo, 7-2); Militarist (Junior Alvarado, Carlo Vaccarezza, 30-1); Pixelate (Vince Cheminaud, Mike Stidham, 10-1); Max K.O. (Ricardo Santana Jr., Saffie Joseph Jr., 8-1); Street Ready (Luis Saez, Ian Wilkes, 8-1); Accredit (Rafael Bejarano, Pavel Matejka, 15-1); Set Piece (GB) (Geroux, Cox, 2-1); and Field Pass (Tyler Gaffalione, Mike Maker, 10-1). Also Eligible: Starting Over (Adam Beschizza, Robert Falcone Jr., 30-1) and Rupp N Ready (Edgar Morales, Helen Pitts, 30-1).
The River City is scheduled to be contested in Lane 1 on the turf course.
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