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Churchill Downs Entries & Results for Friday, May 26, 2023

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Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. opened Churchill Downs in then-rural Louisville in 1875. Since then it has hosted America's longest-held sporting event, the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, and the Clark Handicap each year.
Biggest stakes: Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Stephen Foster Handicap, and the Clark Handicap.

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Churchill Downs Race # 1, 12:45 PM

6F, Dirt, $10,000 Maiden Claiming

Fillies & Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $30,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (1-2-3) Pick 5 (Races 1-5)

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Race 1: Our pick is the 3/1 second choice, #5 Mahomebred. The four-year-old filly by Run Away and Hide is trained by Brian Williamson and ridden by Francisco Arrieta. She has the top combo of trainer and jockey. Get Churchill Downs Picks for all of today's races.

PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	Tamara's Way Firing Line	Larry W. Demeritte Andres Calleja	4/1
2	Dream Trap Trappe Shot	Caio Caramori Isaac Castillo	5/1
3	Kall Kat Cross Traffic	Michael A. Tomlinson Joseph Rocco, Jr.	5/2
4	Soulful Tara Trappe Shot	Caio Caramori Luan Machado	5/1
5	Mahomebred Run Away and Hide	Brian Williamson Francisco Arrieta	3/1
6	Cortado Creative Cause	Ismael Bahena Yoel Navas	4/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Kall Kat	$5.68	$3.26	$2.30
Mahomebred	-	$3.26	$2.82
Cortado	-	-	$2.88
Tamara's Way	-	-	-

Also rans: Soulful Tara

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Trifecta	3-5-6	$76.56	$27,711.00
Exacta	3-5	$26.14	$46,835.00

Fractions and final time: :22.46, :46.97, :59.71, 1:12.92

Winning Owner: Woolsey, E. Ervine and Kinder, Ralph
Winning Breeder: Ralph Edward Kinder & Erv Woolsey

KALL KAT dueled for the lead two wide and between horses, then drove clear in upper stretch.

Churchill Downs Race # 2, 1:14 PM

6 1/2F, Dirt, $20,000 Claiming

Open | 3 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $52,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (2-3-4) Pick 4 (Races 2-3-4-5)

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Race 2: The top pick is #3 Towing the 8/5 ML favorite trained by Juan Munoz Cano and ridden by Rafael Bejarano. The six-year-old gelding by Uncle Mo has the controlling early speed and standout speed figures in a projected slow pace. Get Churchill Downs Picks for all of today's races.

PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	Raymond Into Mischief	Jason Barkley James Graham	2/1
2	Amani's Eagle American Pharoah	Brittany A. Vanden Berg Christopher A. Emigh	3/1
3	Towing Uncle Mo	Juan Munoz Cano Rafael Bejarano	8/5
4	Aspen Club Street Strategy	Randy L. Morse Martin Garcia	6/1
5	East of India Bal a Bali (BRZ)	MaryAnne Howard Gerardo Corrales	15/1
6	Criminal Defense Temple City	Bobby C. Barnett Adam Beschizza	15/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Towing	$4.10	$2.70	$2.10
Amani's Eagle	-	$3.38	$2.52
Aspen Club	-	-	$2.78
Raymond	-	-	-

Also rans: East of India

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Daily Double	3-3	$11.72	$26,100.00
Exacta	3-2	$10.02	$65,965.00
Trifecta	3-2-4	$39.40	$38,645.00

Fractions and final time: :23.22, :46.26, 1:10.82, 1:17.38

Winning Owner: Hermilo Racing Stable, LLC
Winning Breeder: Martha Jane Mulholland

TOWING bobbled slightly upon leaving the gates, prompted the pace three wide, vied two wide around the turn, forged a narrow advantage from his inner counterpart in upper stretch, then clung to a margin thereafter as that foe fought on gamely through the late stages. AMANI'

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Churchill Downs Race # 3, 1:43 PM

5F, Dirt, Maiden Special Weight

Fillies | 2 Year Olds

Purse: $120,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (3-4-5) Pick 4 (Races 3-4-5-6) / Super Hi-5

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Race 3: The top selection is #4 Intermittent Fast the 4/1 third choice on the morning line, trained by John Ennis and Luis Saez. A two-year-old daughter of Tapwrit has some upside still being lightly raced and speed figures that match up well in this field. Get Churchill Downs Picks for all of today's races.
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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	Sharp Tune Frosted	Steven M. Asmussen Florent Geroux	6/1
2	What's Crackin McCraken	Sarah Hamilton Francisco Arrieta	8/1
3	Hockey Nyquist	Mark E. Casse Reylu Gutierrez	6/1
4	Intermittent Fast Tapwrit	John Ennis Luis Saez	4/1
5	Krickle Carpe Diem	Hutch Holsapple Colby J. Hernandez	7/2
6	Risky Spirit Khozan	Scott Becker Christopher A. Emigh	8/1
7	Crystal Symphony Mendelssohn	Mark E. Casse Adam Beschizza	8/1
8	Foolish Front Fifi Coal Front	Jack L. Hancock Rogelio Miranda	3/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Sharp Tune	$3.66	$2.78	$2.66
Foolish Front Fifi	-	$4.60	$3.68
What's Crackin	-	-	$7.36
Intermittent Fast	-	-	-

Also rans: Crystal Symphony, Krickle, Risky Spirit, Hockey

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Exacta	1-8	$20.88	$118,653.00
Daily Double	3-1	$9.64	$15,206.00
Pick 3	3-3-1	$80.64	$33,634.00
Super High Five	1-8-2-4-7	$5,729.36	$11,981.00
Trifecta	1-8-2	$186.48	$68,453.00
Superfecta	1-8-2-4	$769.40	$33,986.00

Fractions and final time: :22.27, :46.05, :58.89

Winning Owner: Douglas Scharbauer
Winning Breeder: Douglas Scharbauer

SHARP TUNE set the pace along the inside, inched away from an outer chaser while in hand around the turn, drew off under a drive approaching upper stretch and held safely from an outer pursuer late.

Churchill Downs Race # 4, 2:13 PM

7F, Dirt, $10,000 Claiming

Fillies & Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $32,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (4-5-6) $.20 Derby City-6 / Super Hi-5

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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	U So Money Baby Palace	Waylon Cundiff Walter A. Rodriguez	15/1
2	Champagne Affair Daredevil	Thomas M. Amoss Edgar Morales	5/2
3	Blue Grass Anna Fast Anna	Genaro Garcia Gerardo Corrales	7/2
4	April's No Fool Lentenor	Jerome F. Miller Jesus Lopez Castanon	4/1
5	Supertaleofhoudini Super Saver	Reina E. Gonzalez Rafael Bejarano	15/1
6	Judy's Way Bayern	Steven M. Asmussen Luis Saez	3/1
7	High Speed Dialed In	Juan Munoz Cano Corey J. Lanerie	9/2

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Judy's Way	$7.28	$4.08	$2.94
Supertaleofhoudini	-	$6.20	$2.56
Blue Grass Anna	-	-	$2.78
Champagne Affair	-	-	-

Also rans: High Speed

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Daily Double	1-6	$18.44	$16,655.00
Exacta	6-5	$46.40	$71,533.00
Pick 3	3-1-6	$74.64	$13,984.00
Trifecta	6-5-3	$150.84	$44,500.00

Fractions and final time: :23.29, :46.81, 1:12.13, 1:26.11

Winning Owner: Steven M. Asmussen
Winning Breeder: Machmer Hall

JUDY'S WAY

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Churchill Downs Race # 5, 2:45 PM

1 1/8M, Dirt, $25,000 Claiming

Open | 4 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $56,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (5-6-7) / Pick 5 (5-9)

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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	Kunshan Bridge Protonico	Steven M. Asmussen Tyler Gaffalione	5/2
2	Improbable Story Justin Phillip	Barry L. King Jesus Lopez Castanon	8/1
3	What a Country Verrazano	Matt A. Shirer Luis Saez	3/1
4	My Bariley Mizzen Mast	George Leonard, III Ricardo Santana, Jr.	5/1
5	Maximum Impact New Year's Day	Nicholas Dilodovico Gabriel Saez	10/1
6	Silver Dust Tapit	Thomas D. Vance Corey J. Lanerie	2/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Maximum Impact	$37.00	$12.60	$4.50
What a Country	-	$4.02	$2.76
Kunshan Bridge	-	-	$2.84
My Bariley	-	-	-

Also rans: Silver Dust, Improbable Story

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Pick 3	1-6-5	$469.56	$14,824.00
Trifecta	5-3-1	$506.24	$39,464.00
Superfecta	5-3-1-4	$1,823.40	$19,578.00
Exacta	5-3	$137.82	$75,866.00
Daily Double	6-5	$126.66	$16,290.00
Pick 5	2/3-3/6-1-6-5	$8,103.60	$125,742.00
Pick 4	3/6-1-6-5	$1,154.16	$53,550.00

Fractions and final time: :23.9, :47.93, 1:12.82, 1:38.17, 1:51.43

Winning Owner: Built Wright Stables, LLC.
Winning Breeder: Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc.

MAXIMUM IMPACT lagged behind along the inside, offered a sweeping four wide blitz to circle inner rivals around the far turn and take charge entering the lane, drew clear under a mild drive, then was eased up entering the final sixteenth before being mildly encouraged to seal the deal as rivals closed in late.

Churchill Downs Race # 6, 3:18 PM

1M, Dirt, $30,000 Maiden Claiming

Open | 3 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $50,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (6-7-8) Pick 4 (6-7-8-9) / Super Hi-5

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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	Tollgate Canyon Arrogate	Joe Sharp Luis Saez	7/2
2	Jor El Accelerate	Ben Colebrook Yoel Navas	8/1
3	Cote d'Ivoire Twirling Candy	Steve Margolis David Cohen	15/1
4	Absolute Courage Into Mischief	Steven M. Asmussen Tyler Gaffalione	8/5
5	Off the Cuff Bernardini	Thomas Humphries Luan Machado	5/1
6	Crossing Cross Traffic	Michael E. Lauer Jareth Loveberry	4/1
7	I Run Cross Traffic	Brian A. Lynch Declan Cannon	8/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
I Run	$6.16	$4.12	$3.00
Crossing	-	$7.32	$4.42
Absolute Courage	-	-	$2.30
Off the Cuff	-	-	-

Also rans: Cote d'Ivoire, Jor El, Tollgate Canyon

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Pick 3	6-5-7	$1,256.44	$22,840.00
Pick 4	1-6-5-7	$2,026.20	$29,227.00
Daily Double	5-7	$94.98	$14,919.00
Exacta	7-6	$45.72	$108,059.00
Superfecta	7-6-4-5	$251.40	$37,815.00
Super High Five	7-6-4-5-3	$4,805.96	$3,081.00
Trifecta	7-6-4	$116.72	$62,891.00

Fractions and final time: :23.25, :46.52, 1:11.93, 1:25.02, 1:38.42

Winning Owner: Good Friends III
Winning Breeder: Dr. Chris Lesbines, Rod Burk, MichaelYovankin

I RUN tracked three wide, bid two wide in upper stretch, dueled before wrestling an advantage at the sixteenth pole and held between horses late.

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Churchill Downs Race # 7, 3:50 PM

6F, Dirt, $40,000 Claiming

Open | 4 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $68,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (7-8-9) / Super Hi-5

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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	All Eyes West Street Sense	Juan Munoz Cano Adam Beschizza	10/1
2	Fitzpatrick Flashback	Joe Sharp Tyler Gaffalione	2/1
3	Devil's Tower Into Mischief	Chris A. Hartman Francisco Arrieta	5/2
4	Gulfstream Way Gemologist	Matt Kordenbrock Jareth Loveberry	4/1
5	Legal Deal Khozan	Eddie Kenneally Luis Saez	3/1
6	Lost in Limbo Into Mischief	Michael E. Lauer Ricardo Santana, Jr.	12/1
7	Emerald Express Tapit	Randy L. Morse Corey J. Lanerie	15/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Emerald Express	$30.32	$10.80	$4.78
Fitzpatrick	-	$3.30	$3.26
Gulfstream Way	-	-	$4.18
Devil's Tower	-	-	-

Also rans: All Eyes West, Legal Deal, Lost in Limbo

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Trifecta	7-2-4	$647.24	$53,598.00
Super High Five	7-2-4-3-1	$8,970.10	$4,198.00
Superfecta	7-2-4-3	$2,555.60	$31,499.00
Exacta	7-2	$121.10	$99,975.00
Daily Double	7-7	$103.92	$20,283.00
Pick 3	5-7-7	$1,424.56	$18,659.00

Fractions and final time: :21.86, :45.2, :57.15, 1:09.72

Winning Owner: Randy Patterson
Winning Breeder: Clearsky Farms

EMERALD EXPRESS leaned in and bumped a rival at the start, laid off of the pace in the two to three paths, rallied entering the final sixteenth to bid inside of the leader late and prevail at the wire.

Churchill Downs Race # 8, 4:22 PM

5 1/2F, Turf, $175,000 Allowance Optional Claiming

Open | 3 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $148,000

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Super Hi-5

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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey		ML
1	Just Might Justin Phillip	Michelle Lovell Colby J. Hernandez		10/1
2	Bound for Nowhere The Factor	Wesley A. Ward Joel Rosario		4/5
3	Smokin' Jay Cairo Prince	Kelsey Danner Tyler Gaffalione		10/1
4	Surveillance Constitution	J. Keith Desormeaux James Graham		5/1
5	Pirate Rick Liam's Map	Nicholas Dilodovico Gabriel Saez		6/1
6	Bad Beat Brian Jack Milton	Brittany A. Vanden Berg Christopher A. Emigh		4/1
7	Friar Laurence Violence	Ben Colebrook Luan Machado	(Main Track only)	4/1 MTO

Runner	Win	Place	Show
Bad Beat Brian	$7.76	$3.86	$4.10
Smokin' Jay	-	$4.90	$4.06
Just Might	-	-	$5.22
Bound for Nowhere	-	-	-

Also rans: Surveillance

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Consolation Double	7-5	$30.34	$0.00
Pick 3	7-7-6	$378.76	$21,707.00
Daily Double	7-6	$156.24	$20,097.00
Exacta	6-3	$29.10	$162,501.00
Consolation Pick 3	7-7-5	$83.48	$0.00
Trifecta	6-3-1	$124.80	$82,457.00

Fractions and final time: :21.95, :44.18, :55.54, 1:01.53

Winning Owner: Marsico Brothers Racing LLC
Winning Breeder: Pope McLean, Pope McLean Jr.,Marc McLean & Phil Hager

BAD BEAT BRIAN pressed two wide, vied in upper stretch, wrestled an advantage at the furlong grounds and inched clear through the final sixteenth. SMOKIN'

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Churchill Downs Race # 9, 4:55 PM

1 1/16M, Dirt, $30,000 Claiming

Open | 3 Year Olds And Up

Purse: $56,000

Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Super Hi-5

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PP	Horse / Sire	Trainer / Jockey	ML
1	He's Got This Tapiture	Michael L. Rankin Luis Saez	5/1
2	Li Mu Bai (IRE) Sir Prancealot (IRE)	Jonathan Wong Cristian A. Torres	8/1
3	Coastal Defense Curlin	Dale L. Romans Martin Garcia	2/1
4	Long Crow Keen Ice	Steven M. Asmussen Tyler Gaffalione	4/1
5	Longshadow Tapiture	Kelsey Danner Adam Beschizza	15/1
6	Job Security Distorted Humor	Neil L. Pessin Jareth Loveberry	12/1
7	Fieldstone Dialed In	Jonathan Wong Ricardo Santana, Jr.	3/1
8	Millard's Smile Tonalist	Eduardo Rodriguez Mitchell Murrill	20/1

Runner	Win	Place	Show
He's Got This	$6.84	$3.82	$2.76
Long Crow	-	$5.56	$3.70
Job Security	-	-	$3.86
Longshadow	-	-	-

Also rans: Millard's Smile, Fieldstone, Li Mu Bai (IRE)

Pool	Finish	$2 Payout	Total Pool
Daily Double	6-1	$35.70	$81,269.00
Pick 6 Jackpot	6-5-7-7-6-1	$273,858.20	$32,219.00
Pick 5	5-7-7-6-1	$74,132.92	$149,923.00
Pick 4	7-7-6-1	$1,730.20	$146,156.00
Pick 3	7-6-1	$533.16	$61,401.00
Trifecta	1-4-6	$167.04	$81,075.00
Super High Five	1-4-6-5-8	$5,369.98	$10,490.00
Superfecta	1-4-6-5	$1,042.40	$41,496.00
Consolation Pick 3	7-5-1	$107.44	$0.00
Exacta	1-4	$32.58	$127,261.00

Fractions and final time: :24.67, :49.25, 1:14.07, 1:38.4, 1:44.67

Winning Owner: Shawn Monroe
Winning Breeder: Gil Masters

HE'S GOT THIS

Churchill Downs Entries & Results for Friday, May 26, 2023

Tamara's Way

Dream Trap

Kall Kat

Soulful Tara

Mahomebred

Cortado

Raymond

Amani's Eagle

Towing

Aspen Club

East of India

Criminal Defense

Sharp Tune

What's Crackin

Hockey

Intermittent Fast

Krickle

Risky Spirit

Crystal Symphony

Foolish Front Fifi

U So Money Baby

Champagne Affair

Blue Grass Anna

April's No Fool

Supertaleofhoudini

Judy's Way

High Speed

Kunshan Bridge

Improbable Story

What a Country

My Bariley

Maximum Impact

Silver Dust

Tollgate Canyon

Jor El

Cote d'Ivoire

Absolute Courage

Off the Cuff

Crossing

I Run

All Eyes West

Fitzpatrick

Devil's Tower

Gulfstream Way

Legal Deal

Lost in Limbo

Emerald Express

Just Might

Bound for Nowhere

Smokin' Jay

Surveillance

Pirate Rick

Bad Beat Brian

Friar Laurence

He's Got This

Li Mu Bai (IRE)

Coastal Defense

Long Crow

Longshadow

Job Security

Fieldstone

Millard's Smile

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