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Dallas Keen Doubles Up In Sunday’s Summer Turf Festival At Lone Star

Sunday's Summer Turf Festival at Lone Star Park saw trainer Dallas Keen send out the winners of the first two legs of the all-stakes all-turf pick four. First it was Nancy L. Lock's My Boanerges winning the $75,000 Grand Prairie Turf Sprint, a five furlong contest, under jockey Rodolfo Guerra. The 5-yr-old son of Diabolical claimed his second stakes victory here at Lone Star Park this meet, adding to his victory in the $100,000 Chamberlain Bridge Stakes in the slop after it was switched to the main course after monsoon like rains on Memorial Day.

In what was close to a repeat performance, My Boanerges ($8.40) dueled for the early lead then shook clear in the turn. He was asked passed the furlong marker and responded well to keep second place finisher and favorite, Archidust, who broke in the air, at bay by three quarters of a length. Share the Upside got the show followed by Seven Scents and Quarky. Bob's Bad Boy was a late scratch.

Final time was :55.68 seconds on a firm turf course.

Again trainer Dallas Keen sent Tony Crognale and Fred Dullano's Curlin's Journey ($4.60) out for the win in the $75,000 Wasted Tears Stakes, a mile & a sixteenth turf contest for fillies & mares, 3-yr-olds & up. This 6-yr-old daughter of Curlin was well reserved early on the backstretch, advanced on the far turn, roused passed the furlong marker, responding well to get clear in the final sixteenth. Luis Quinonez was aboard for the two-length victory.

Valentine's Day proved to be no match late for the winner, but was clearly second best. Brandon's Babe rallied late for show. In fourth place was Tizahra followed by Zamzam, Needs No Alibi and Elle's Town completed the order.

Final time was 1:42.16. Fractions were 24.32, 48.84, 1:12.23 and 1:36.24.

The $75,000 Chicken Fried Stakes for fillies & mares, 3-yr-olds & up at five furlongs on turf was won by favorite, Yes It's Ginger owned by Brilliant Racing LLC and trained by Gregory D. Foley.

With Reylu Gutierrez in the irons, Yes It's Ginger ($7.60) a 5-yr-old daughter of Yes It's True, vied inside for the early lead, made a bid leaving the turn to get clear then drew off in the final sixteenth to win by four lengths over a game Uptownblingithome in second. Canoodling finished well to gain third followed by Stormieis Blue, Ima Discreet Lady, A Bit of Both, Raintree Starlet and Quick Quick Quick.

Final time was :55.69 seconds.

The final stake on the card was the $75,000 Singletary Stakes, a mile and an eighth turf contest for 3-yr-olds & up.

Carson McCord's Artie's Rumor, trained by Ron Moquett was the winner of the Singletary. Claimed for $40,000 at Churchill last month, this proved the perfect spot for his first start with his new connections. It was his first ever trip to Lone Star Park and it suited him well.

Artie's Rumor ($14.00) with David Cabrera up, settled back early, moved out four wide down the backstretch to be clear, made a move on the turn while still four wide and continued through the stretch to prove best by two and three quarters of a length at the wire. Hard Attack rallied well for second and Carlea's Dream hung late. But was able to save third. Fourth place finisher was Henley's Joy, then Don'task Don'ttell, favorite Me and Mr. C, Colloquist and Tapit Wise completed the running order. Popular Kid was a late scratch.

Final time for the distance was 1:48.05 behind fractions of 24.57, 48.31, 1:11.95 and 1:36.06.

Live racing resumes Monday with an eight race card. Gates open at 1 p.m. General Admission is free! First race post time is 2:35 p.m.

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ThoughbredAuctions.Com To Host Stevens Thoroughbreds Dispersal

ThoroughbredAuctions.com announces the dispersal of Sam Stevens' Stevens Thoroughbreds. The auction will be an online only event. Bidding will be from Monday, July 12 through Monday, July 19.

Sam, and his late wife, Latie, of Lamesa, Texas, began breeding Thoroughbreds in 1971. Over the years, Sam studied pedigrees, and bought a core band of broodmares. Included in those mares was Faneuil Girl (Bolinas Boy—Miss Newcastle, by Coaltown). That mare became a stakes-placed winner herself, but, her real value lay in her ability to produce high-class runners. Among her progeny was Grade 1 winning Feisty Girl, who sold as a yearling to D. Wayne Lukas. She went on to win the Grade 1 Hollywood Oaks during her racing career.

Over the years, Stevens has been in a partnership that owned Ruidoso Downs, and Sunland Park, as well as Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.

With the coming of Racinos in New Mexico, purses began increasing, and Stevens decided to concentrate on raising and racing accredited New Mexico-breds with great success. Alone, or in partnerships he has bred, and/or raced horses who have won in excess of $4 million. Horses bred by Stevens are easily recognized by the “Who” in their names.

All horses will be sold with no reserve, and will be available for inspection

Prospective buyers will need to go to the auction website, and create an account. They will then need to request a bidders number in order to bid. Please visit the website at ThoroughbredAuctions.com for more information or email info@thoroughbredauctions.com.

The ThoroughbredAuctions.com team produces North America's leading online auctions for horses. The management team pioneered internet auctions for horses and has produced more than 80 Internet Auctions since 2012 boasting a high seller of $226,000.

Tim and Cathy Jennings are the industry's most experienced show horse auction managers. Their team managed more than 380 live horse auctions selling over 80,000 horses since 1978. Tim's previous firm, Professional Auction Services, was the largest show horse auction company in the world, by number of horses sold for 15 years.

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Cox, McPeek Readying 2-Year-Old Divisions For Ellis Park Meet

A lot has changed in the past year for trainer Brad Cox — not only for the better but stamping him among the best.

Ellis Park racing fans have been able to watch up close the evolution of one of America's hottest trainers since Cox captured his first training title anywhere in 2015 at the Pea Patch, whose 2021 meet begins Sunday and runs through Sept. 4.

In just the year since Cox earned his third Ellis Park training title last summer — this one in a tie with Kenny McPeek at 10 wins apiece — he has:

won his second Kentucky Oaks with Shedaresthedevil, who captured America's premier race for 3-year-old fillies mere days after the 2020 Ellis meet ended prematurely to accommodate Churchill Downs' pandemic-delayed Kentucky Derby Week.
won a record-tying four Breeders' Cup races last fall at Keeneland, giving him seven victories overall in horse racing's world championships.
started off 2021 with the most lucrative victory so far in his burgeoning career with Ellis Park 2-year-old product Knicks Go in Gulfstream Park's $3 million Pegasus World Cup.
been honored as the 2020 Eclipse Award winner as North America's outstanding trainer. He also had horses earn his fourth and fifth Eclipse Awards as the best in their division, the latest being two-time Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Monomoy Girl and Breeders' Cup Juvenile hero Essential Quality.
won his first Triple Crown race victory with 2-year-old champ Essential Quality taking the Belmont Stakes. That came five weeks after Cox finished second in his first Kentucky Derby appearance with Mandaloun and a close fourth with Essential Quality. And if the Churchill Downs stewards ultimately disqualify Medina Spirit from his Kentucky Derby first-place finish for a medication infraction, Cox will also have his second Triple Crown race win.

Even as his reputation grows internationally – he's blown well past national recognition — Cox will remain a strong presence at Ellis Park. The track not only provided his first training title but, at that same 2015 meet, the mare Call Pat won the Grade 3 Groupie Doll to give Cox his second victory in a graded stakes.

This summer will be different in one regard for Cox. He won't have the 60 or 70 horses he's had the past few years at Ellis when stall space was plentiful. This summer, with Churchill Downs' backstretch closed for off-season training while a new turf course is installed, overwhelming demand for stabling at Ellis will limit Cox to 38 stalls. Cox, who also has sizable divisions at Indiana Grand and in New York, will send much of his overflow to Turfway Park, which will be open for summer training.

“I think it will impact us a little bit, just from the standpoint of how many we can get in,” Cox said Friday morning at Churchill Downs. “Obviously with Churchill being just two hours away (from Ellis), it will make you think a little bit about shipping from Lexington or Turfway to Ellis with a young horse. But we'll manage it the best we can. We're looking forward to getting started there. We had a good day with our first day of entries, so everything is positive there.”

Cox has four horses entered for Sunday's opening card: three maidens and Swill in an allowance race.

“We're hopeful that we can continue to maintain a lot of starts there like we have the last few years,” he said.

Cox horses expected to run at the meet include Klein Racing's Field Day, winner of three of his last four starts, including in Churchill Downs' William Walker Stakes. Field Day is likely to run July 4 in the $60,000 Dade Park Dash Overnight Stakes for 3-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf.

“I'm hoping a bunch of our 2-year-olds will start coming around in regards to be ready to run,” he said. “I'm hopeful we can make a presence with our 2-year-olds. I think we will. We have a good group of colts and fillies that still have to run and that are still going through their paces (training) at Churchill and Keeneland. We're hoping to have one for just about every maiden race there is.

“… The purses there are really good. All the allowance races and maidens are above $50,000. So that's positive and makes for healthy racing in Kentucky through the summer. I'm looking forward to getting things started on Sunday.”

While she won't race at the meet, among Cox's notable horses that will be training at Ellis is Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil. “She's going to point for the Grade 1 race (Clement L. Hirsch) at Del Mar on Aug. 1,” he said. “We'll do pretty much all our training there.”

Even Cox horses that stable but do not run at Ellis Park have been glowing advertisements for the track surface. Monomoy Girl was at Ellis Park all summer before making her first start after the 2017 meet. British Idiom, Cox's 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and 2-year-old filly champion, likewise got much of her preparation at Ellis Park before going to Saratoga to race.

Cox and McPeek again are likely to be regular rivals in Ellis' 2-year-old races, starting with Sunday's sixth race for 2-year-old fillies. McPeek also has had a big year since winning the Ellis title, taking the delayed 2020 Preakness Stakes with Swiss Skydiver, voted the 3-year-old filly champion.

McPeek was a big fan of Ellis Park and its 2-year-old program before it became fashionable. It continued to pay off for him, including Crazy Beautiful launching her career with a debut victory and winning the RUNHAPPY Juvenile Fillies last year. Crazy Beautiful this year won the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks and Santa Anita's Grade 2 Summertime Oaks. McPeek's Grade 1 winners who raced at Ellis at age 2 include Daddys Lil Darling, Rosalind, Java's War, Pure Fun and Noble's Promise.

“It's still for us a really great launching ground for young horses,” he said. “I'm going to be running a lot of 2-year-olds down there. We look forward to those distance 2-year-old races, and I've got a list of other horses set to run down there. I think you'll see us run two or three a day.”

McPeek's horses racing at Ellis Park will ship in to race from Lexington, where he has horses at Keeneland as well as his farm and training center.

Of his 2-year-olds, he said, “This is a really good group. The horses came out of Florida in really good order and we've been waiting for more ground (longer races). We've had a couple of first-time starters win, and I'd like to think we could bring the filly that won (Behave Virginia, May 28 at Churchill Downs) back for the Ellis Park Debutante. That's a great race; Crazy Beautiful won it last year. I have a horse named Tiz the Bomb that's a really good colt.”

McPeek often runs his 2-year-olds in the mile races on turf – not because he thinks they're grass horses but because he buys and trains horses for longer races.

“I like running young horses longer,” he said. “I think they last a little bit better when you run them longer…. I like the distance, and teaching them to go two turns is always a little tricky. The sooner you do it, the better.”

Last year marked McPeek's first training title at Ellis Park, though he's won meet crowns elsewhere.

“I'd been second and third more than a few times,” he said. “… We've always run well there. I'd be curious where I'd be on the all-time list. I've got to be on it somewhere. Thirty-five years of racing at Ellis Park, I haven't missed a summer I don't think.”

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Weekend Lineup: Churchill Closes Out Spring Meet With Pair Of Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races

Nine graded stakes will be contested in North America on Saturday. Churchill Downs closes its spring meeting with a card of seven stakes races featuring the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis for fillies and mares, led by Letruska, and Grade 2 Stephen Foster for older horses, headlined by Maxfield. Winners of both races earn automatic starting berths into the Grade 1 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff and the Grade 1 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, respectively.

Thistledown hosts the Grade 3 Ohio Derby for 3-year-olds, and Grade 1 Steeplechase action will take place outside Nashville with the Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). Full previews, when available, can be found through the link for each race.

TVG will be broadcasting racing throughout the weekend from Monmouth Park and Gulfstream Park, and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app, which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.

“America's Day at the Races” will be broadcasting live on Saturday, June 26 on FS2 from 12:30-6:30 p.m., and on SNY from 5-6:30 p.m., from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs. On Sunday, June 27, America's Day at the Races will be live on FS2 from 12:30-5:30 p.m., and on SNY from 5-5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 26

2:45 p.m. ― $300,000 Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs on FS2

Five fillies and mares are challenging two-time Grade 1 winner Letruska in the Grade 2, $300,000 Fleur de Lis at 1 1/8 miles, “Win and You're In” for the Grade 1 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar. St. George Stable's 5-year-old Letruska gained a national reputation after defeating Monomoy Girl, the reigning older female dirt champion, in Oaklawn's Grade 1 Apple Blossom in April. She collared her second Grade 1 by taking the Ogden Phipps at Belmont on June 5, and secured an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Trained by Fausto Gutierrez, Letruska will break from post 6 under Jose Ortiz. Walking Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farms' 4-year-old Envoutante, trained by Ken McPeek, finished just a length behind Shedaresthedevil in the Grade 1 La Troienne on April 30, came back and won the listed Shawnee Stakes over the Churchill strip on May 29. Brian Hernandez Jr. has the call from post 4. Robert and Lawana Low's 4-year-old Spice Is Nice won the Grade 3 Allaire DuPont Match Series Stakes on May 14 for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. She will break from post 5 under Hall of Famer John Velazquez.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD062621USA5-EQB.html

4:30 p.m. – $100,000 Grade 3 Trillium Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Live Oak Plantation's Souper Escape is the defending champion and 2-1 morning line favorite in an eight-horse field of fillies and mares for the Grade 3 Trillium Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on Woodbine's all-weather track. A Florida homebred by Medaglia d'Oro, trained by Michael Trombetta, Souper Escape, making her 2021 debut, has won six races. She took the Grade 3 Seaway at Woodbine last August following his frontrunning 4 ½-length win in the Trillium. Luis Contreras has the mount from post 2. Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse has entered three runners in Heavenly Curlin, Skygaze and Crystal Glacier. Heavenly Curlin, ridden by Emma-Jane Wilson from post 8, is two for two at Woodbine, including last year's Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/WO062621CAN7-EQB.html

4:40 p.m.―$250,000 Grade 2 Mother Goose at Belmont Park on FS2 and SNY

A 9 ¾-length romp in just her second start has made Three Chimneys Farm's Always Carina the even-money morning line favorite for the Grade 2, 1 1/16-mile Mother Goose for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont. Trained by Chad Brown, Always Carina broke her maiden at Aqueduct in March and then dominated an optional allowance claiming race at 1 mile on May 10. The bay daughter of Malibu Moon will be ridden from post 2 by Flavien Prat. Stonestreet Stables' Clairiere, trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden from post 3 by Irad Ortiz Jr., won the Grade 2 Rachel Alexandra at the Fair Grounds in February, and will try to get back into the winner's circle after a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks and a fourth in the Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks. Gary Barber's Make Mischief has won three of six this year and is looking to break through with her first stakes win following a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Acorn on June 5 at Belmont.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL062621USA8-EQB.html

4:55 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs on FS2

A field of 11, including one filly, is set for North America's first graded stakes race of the year for 2-year-olds in the 120th Bashford Manor Stakes, a Grade 3 event run at 6 furlongs at Churchill Downs. Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen has won the Bashford Manor a record six times. On Saturday, he sends out Winchell Thoroughbreds Red Run, a chestnut son Gun Runner, who Asmussen trained to the 2017 Horse of the Year title. On May 9 at Churchill, Red Run took the lead in the stretch of a 5-furlong maiden race and won by 1 ¾ lengths. Ricardo Santana Jr. will ride, breaking from post 9. Asmussen has also entered Willis Horton Racing's Canadian-bred Lansdowne, who on May 22 went to the front early in a 5-furlongs maiden race at Churchill and won by 1 ½ lengths. The gray/roan son of Grade 1 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver will be ridden by Jon Court from post 2. Another gray entered is Robert Masterson's Glacial, a son of Frosted, trained by Norm Casse, who broke his maiden May 29 on debut by 2 ½ lengths in a 5 ½-furlong race at Churchill. Joe Talamo has the mount breaking from post 4. The lone filly is John, Ken and Ennis Dodsworth's Shesgotattitude, a daughter of Tiznow, trained by John Ennis. Shesgotattitude broke her maiden against fillies on April 8 at Keeneland and then finished fourth against males in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill on April 28. James Graham will ride from post 11.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD062621USA9-EQB.html

5:04 p.m. ―$500,000 Grade 3 Ohio Derby at Thistledown on TVG

A wide-open field of 11 3-year-olds has been entered for the Grade 3, 1 1/8-mile Ohio Derby at Thistledown, with the Todd Pletcher-trained Promise Keeper the 7-2 morning line favorite. Owned by Woodford Thoroughbreds, WinStar Farm and Rock Ridge Racing, Promise Keeper, a son of Constitution, has won three of five starts, including his last out in the Grade 3 Peter Pan at Belmont Park on May 8. Luis Saez has the mount from post 1. Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm's King Fury is making his first start since winning Keeneland's Grade 3 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes by 2 ¾ lengths at 18-1 on April 10. The chestnut son of Curlin, trained by Kenny McPeek, will be ridden by Corey Lanerie from post 4. Cypress Creek Equine, Arnold Bennewith and Spendthrift Farm's Keepmeinmind, trained by Robert Diodoro, won last year's Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club. This year, the son of the late Laoban finished seventh in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and fourth in the Grade 1 Preakness. David Cohen has the mount from post 8. Godolphin's Proxy, trained by Mike Stidham, finished second in the Grade 2 Risen Star at the Fair Grounds in March. Joe Bravo will ride the son of Tapit from post 9.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/TDN062621USA9-EQB.html

5:26 p.m. ― $300,000 Grade 2 Wise Dan Stakes at Churchill Downs on FS2

Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable's 5-year-old New York-bred Somelikeithotbrown, a two-time Grade 2 winner, and Juddmonte's Set Piece (GB), lead a 10-horse field in the Grade 2, $300,000 Wise Dan Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on the Churchill turf course. Trained by Mike Maker and ridden from post 3 by Jose Ortiz, Somelikeithotbrown scored a 1-length victory in the Grade 2, 1 1/16-mile Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico on May 15. The bay son of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown has won seven races, including last year's Grade 2 Bernard Baruch at Saratoga. The Brad Cox-trained 5-year-old gelding Set Piece has taken a liking to the Churchill turf course this spring with black type wins in the Opening Verse on April 29 and the Douglas Park on May 29. Florent Geroux has the mount from post 1. Maker has also entered Three Diamonds Farm's Maryland-bred 4-year-old Field Pass, fourth in the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland on April 9, but trailed a field of eight in the Grade 1 Man o' War at Belmont on May 8. Ricardo Santana Jr. rides from post 8. John Oxley and My Meadowview Farm's 6-year-old Ride a Comet won the Grade 3 Tropical Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park in January and was second in the Maker's Mark Mile. A bay son of Candy Ride (ARG), Tyler Gaffalione has the mount on Ride a Comet from post 7.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD062621USA10-EQB.html

5:30 p.m. ― $100,000 Grade 1 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes at Percy Warner Park on NSA.com

Riding an eight-race winning streak, Bruton Street's 7-year-old gelding Snap Decision leads a seven-horse field of Steeplechase runners in the 80th running of the Grade 1, 2 ¾-mile Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes over hurdles at Percy Warner Park outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Snap Decision, trained by Jack Fisher and ridden Graham Watters, romped by 9 ½ lengths in the Grade 2 Temple Gwathmey Stakes at Middleburg, Virginia, in his seasonal debut, defeating Irvin Naylor's Amschel (GB), Hudson River Farm's Galway Kid (IRE), and Sonny Via's Footpad (FR), all of whom are entered in the Iroquois. Footpad, also trained by Fisher, and ridden by Sean McDermott, has won 11 of 27 races and more than $900,000. Galway Kid is exiting a hard-fought neck victory in the Grade 3 David Semmes Memorial hurdle stakes (Grade 3) at the Virginia Gold Cup Races, in which Naylor's 8-year-old gelding Bedrock finished third.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/PW062621USA7-EQB.html

5:59 p.m. – $600,000 Grade 2 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on FS2

Godolphin's 4-year-old Maxfield, a winner in six of seven starts, leads nine horses entered in the $600,000 Grade 2 Stephen Foster going 1 1/8 miles at Churchill Downs. Returning twice from setbacks over the course of two years in which he won his first six starts ― including victories in the Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and the Grade 3 Mineshaft Stakes ― Maxfield suffered his first defeat when finishing third in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March. However, the dark bay son of Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense rebounded on April 30 with a sharp 3 ¼-length victory in Churchill's Grade 2 Alysheba Stakes. Jose Ortiz will ride Maxfield from post 8. Tom Durant's 7-year-old gelding Silver Dust, has won seven races for trainer Bret Calhoun, including the April 10 Grade 2 Ben Ali at Keeneland. Adam Beschizza has the mount from post 4. The Estate of James J. Coleman Jr.'s Virginia-bred Chess Chief, third in the Alysheba Stakes, won the Grade 2 New Orleans Classic Stakes at the Fair Grounds in March. Trained by Dallas Stewart, Chess Chief will be ridden by John Velazquez from post 1. The Stephen Foster winner will gain an automatic berth into the Grade 1 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD062621USA11-EQB.html

7:13 p.m. ― $100,000 Grade 3 Chicago Stakes at Arlington Park on TVG

Full of Fun Racing and Madaket Stables' Dreamalildreamofyou leads 11 fillies and mares entered in Arlington's 7-furlong Grade 3 Chicago Stakes. A 4-year-old daughter of Commissioner, trained by Brad Cox, Dreamalildramofyou has won four of nine starts, and was recently second in the Grade 3, 1 1/8-mile Allaire DuPont Distaff Match Series Stakes at Pimlico on May 14. Fernando De La Cruz rides from post 11. Michael and Katherine Ball's Club Car, trained by Ben Colebrook, won an optional allowance claiming race at Keeneland on April 11 and then finished third in Pimlico's listed 6-furlong Skipat Stakes on May 15. Club Car will be ridden by Chris Emigh from post 6.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/AP062621USA8-EQB.html

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