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Heat Causes Post Time Change at Churchill

Faced with expected high temperatures, Churchill Downs has moved up its first post time Wednesday. Originally scheduled for 12:45 p.m., the day's first race will now go off at 10:30 a.m. The final race of the day will go off at 2:20 p.m. Admission gates will open at 9:30 a.m.

Additionally, morning training hours Wednesday at Churchill have been changed to 5-8 a.m. with one renovation break at 6:30 a.m.

The National Weather Service's early forecast for Louisville Wednesday calls for a high near 98 degrees and a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m.

Churchill Downs was forced to cancel two race days last week due to extreme heat.

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Pricey ‘Mo’ Colt Gets it Done at First Asking

4th-Churchill Downs, $120,955, Msw, 6-19, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.77, ft, 3/4 length.
MO STRIKE (c, 2, Uncle Mo–Featherbed {SW & GISP, $227,904}, by Smart Strike), a $325,000 OBS April acquisition off a :10 flat breeze, was installed the public's tepid 5-2 pick Sunday among a strong-looking bunch. Off alertly from the far outside, the bay sat perched three deep early and sidled up to the pacesetter after a :22.82 opening quarter. He took a narrow lead into a :46.35 half, and fended off second timer Summonyourcourage (Practical Joke) to prevail by 3/4 of a length. The winner is half to Dynamic Impact (Tiznow), GSW, $421,006, a yearling colt by Vino Rosso and a filly foal by McKinzie. He hails from the family of Grade I winners Trumpet's Blare and Albert the Great. Sales history: $90,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $325,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,460. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Nasser Bin Omairah; B-Blue Heaven Farm & Ashford Stud (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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Latest Bolt d’Oro Winner Scores for Ruis

2nd-Churchill Downs, $121,905, Msw, 6-19, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :52.45, ft, 1 length.
BOLTS N RAINBOWS (f, 2, Bolt d'Oro–On Rainbow Bridge {MSW, $333,202}, by Bold Executive) became the sixth winner for her hot-starting freshman sire (by Medaglia d'Oro) Sunday, but first to carry the same green Ruis Racing silks as the 2017 GI Del Mar Futurity and GI FrontRunner S. winner himself. Backed down to 3-1 off an ambitious 10-1 morning-line quote, the homebred broke well, but was out-footed by a few early and sat midpack. She still hadn't really gotten into gear as they entered the lane and second timer Black Forest (Frosted) took over, but Mitchell Murrill worked her out into the clear and away from the kickback by midstretch and she proceeded to quicken nicely and inhale that foe for an ultimately comfortable one-length tally. Mick Ruis's operation purchased the winner's dam–a precocious two-time stakes winner a juvenile on the Woodbine synthetic–for $65,000 at KEENOV '17 while in foal to Kantharos. The resulting foal won as a late November juvenile for the Ruis family, but was eventually claimed away. Bolts N Rainbows has an unraced 3-year-old half-brother by another former Ruis runner in War Envoy (War Front). On Rainbow Bridge has since been exclusive with Bolt d'Oro. She failed to produce a foal in 2021, but had a Bolt colt this term. Spendthrift resident Bolt d'Oro, whose juveniles took the sales by storm this year with seven horses fetching $500,000 or more and up to the $1.2-million top price paid by Spendthrift at Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream, was represented some 23 hours earlier by pricey and good-looking Monmouth debut winner Major Dude. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,460. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O/B-Ruis Racing LLC (KY); T-Chris A. Hartman.

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Nyquist Filly Beats the Boys in Fasig-Tipton Futurity

Absolutely Zero ran to public's confidence, defeating the boys in Saturday's $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity S. at Santa Anita.

The Reddam homebred raced under pressure from the get-go and held a narrow advantage as four of them lined up approaching the top of the stretch. She clearly had something left as they straightened for home and dug down gamely in the stretch to defeat stablemate Tahoma, the first winner for Triple Crown winner Justify, by a measured length. First-time starter Pure Fire, a $315,000 OBSMAR breezer, ran well to finish third.

“She's not the fastest horse out of the gate so today, she broke really well,” winning rider Mario Gutierrez said. “She broke with them, and I tried to maintain my position and find my way to keep her in there, she responded really well.

“She's very gutsy. She definitely is a fighter and showed big improvement. She can only get better. The fact that she's running with the boys, you know that's what is impressive about her right now, she's a really cool girl so I'm happy with her.”

Absolutely Zero delivered a professional victory as the heavy favorite while facing fillies on debut going 4 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita May 21.

The winner's dam How About Zero, a two-time stakes winner for Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill, produced fillies by Pavel in 2021 and 2022.

FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY, $102,000, Santa Anita, 6-18, 2yo, 5f, :59.09, ft.
1–ABSOLUTELY ZERO, 120, f, 2, by Nyquist
                1st Dam: How About Zero (MSW, $349,640),
                                by Square Eddie
                2nd Dam: Too Much Excess, by In Excess (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Happy Michelle, by Meadowlake
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Reddam Racing, LLC (CA); T-Doug F.
O'Neill; J-Mario Gutierrez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0,
$112,260.
2–Tahoma, 123, c, 2, Justify–Madera Dancer, by Rahy.
($160,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-West Coast
Stables, LLC; B-Hunter Valley Farm, Fergus Galvin & Golden
Vale Farm (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill. $20,000.
3–Pure Fire, 119, c, 2, Practical Joke–Juliette Ava, by Medaglia
d'Oro. ($57,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV; $150,000 Ylg '21 SARAUG;
$315,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Talla Racing
LLC & West Point Thoroughbreds; B-Vallera Bloodstock (NY);
T-John W. Sadler. $12,000.
Margins: 1, HF, 1. Odds: 0.90, 3.40, 6.60.
Also Ran: Pop d'Oro, Salta, Castleknock, Midnight Lightning, Good N Thirsty, Smokem Howard.
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