Grade 2 winner Three Technique will attempt to garner an all-entry-fees-paid berth into the $1-million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) as the headliner of Saturday's 31st running of the $400,000 Ack Ack (G3) at Churchill Downs.
The one-mile Ack Ack Stakes is a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” contest for the Dirt Mile Nov. 4 at Santa Anita. The Ack Ack will go as Race 9 of 11 Saturday with a post time of 4:55 p.m. (ET). First post is 12:45 p.m. The stellar program also features the 10th running of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (G2) and 43rd running of the $200,000 Jefferson Cup.
In the Ack Ack, David Miler, Eric Grindley and John Werner's Three Technique will attempt to win his seventh overall race when he breaks from post No. 3 under Rafael Bejarano.
Trained by Jason Cook, Three Technique hasn't competed since his 3 ¾-length score in the July 1 John A. Nerud (G2) July 1 at Belmont but has remained in steady training at Trackside Louisville, located about five miles from Churchill Downs. A 6-year-old son of Mr Speaker, Three Technique ran in last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile but only managed a sixth-place finish.
There are several other accomplished horses entered in the Ack Ack, including John Gunther's R. A. Cowboy Jones winner Stage Raider; Barry and Joni Butzow's two-time stakes winner Zozos; and Bernard Racing, Tagg Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Terry Stephens' four-time winner O Besos.
Here is the complete Ack Ack field (with jockey and trainer): Seize the Night (Jon Court, Jade Cunningham); O Besos (Tyler Gaffalione, Greg Foley); Three Technique (Rafael Bejarano, Jason Cook); Stage Raider (Brian Hernandez Jr., Cherie DeVaux); Zozos (Florent Geroux, Brad Cox); Skyro (James Graham, Brian Lynch); and Caddo River (Declan Cannon, Wayne Lukas).
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