Edited Churchill Staff Release – Godolphin’s Santin will face nine rivals as he goes for a repeat victory in the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI) for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course on Saturday.
The 37th running of the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic will be the race preceding the Kentucky Derby with a 5:27 p.m. (all times Eastern) post time. First post on Derby Day is 10:30 a.m.
Trained by Brendan Walsh, Santin is unbeaten in two starts over the Matt Winn Turf Course with the other victory coming in the Arlington Million (GI) in August.
Tyler Gaffalione has the mount Saturday and will break from post eight.
Among the rivals to Santin are NBS Stable’s Spooky Channel and Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Up to the Mark.
Trained by Jason Barkley, Spooky Channel won the Muniz Memorial Classic (GII) at Fair Grounds in his most recent start. Joel Rosario has the mount and will break from post nine.
Up to the Mark, who finished a neck behind two-time Breeders’ Cup winner Modern Games (IRE) in a third-place finish in the Maker’s Mark Mile (GI) at Keeneland last month in his stakes debut for trainer Todd Pletcher, will break from post five and be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr.
The field for the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic, with riders from the rail out, is: Ocean Atlantique (Juan Hernandez), Master Piece (CHI) (Christophe Lemaire), Wolfie’s Dynaghost (John Velazquez), Steady On (Jose Ortiz), Up to the Mark (Ortiz Jr.), Earls Rock (IRE) (Luis Saez), Hiong Kong Harry (Flavien Prat), Santin (Gaffalione), Spooky Channel (Rosario), Bye Bye Melvin (Manny Franco). All starters will carry 123 pounds.
BREEDERS’ CUP DIRT MILE WINNER CODY’S WISH RETURNS IN CHURCHILL DOWNS – Godolphin’s Cody’s Wish, winner of last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI), makes his 2023 debut Saturday when he tops a field of 11 entered for the 88th running of the Churchill Downs (GI) presented by Ford for 4-year-olds and up going seven furlongs on the main track.
The Churchill Downs will go as the day’s 10th race with a 4:31 p.m. post time.
Trained by Bill Mott, Cody’s Wish won his final four starts of 2022 with one of those victories coming in the Forego (GI). Junior Alvarado has the mount and will break from post seven.
Topping the list of challengers to Cody’s Wish is 2022 Florida Derby (GI) winner White Abarrio.
Owned by C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable and trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., White Abarrio comes into the Churchill Downs off his first sprint start since the fall of 2021, a 4 ½-length victory going seven furlongs on March 4 at Gulfstream Park.
Paco Lopez has the mount and will break from post one.
Trainer Peter Miller has two entrants in the race: Altamira Racing Stable, Madaket Stables, Gary Barber and Tom Kagele’s C Z Rocket and Gary Barber’s Get Her Number.
A two-time runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI), C Z Rocket returns to Churchill Downs for the first time since the summer of 2020. Eighth in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (GI) in March in his most recent start, C Z Rocket will break from post two and be ridden by Flavien Prat.
Get Her Number was third at Keeneland in last month’s Commonwealth (GIII). Joel Rosario has the mount and will break from post five.
The two horses that finished in front of Get Her Number in the Commonwealth, Nathan Hayden’s Hear Mi Song and Dream Team One Racing Stable’s Hoist the Gold, return in the Churchill Downs.
The field for the Churchill Downs, with riders from the rail out, is: White Abarrio (Lopez), C Z Rocket (Prat), Here Mi Song (Alex Achard), Hoist the Gold (Luis Saez), Get Her Number (Rosario), Tejano Twist (Chris Landeros), Cody’s Wish (Alvarado), Fortin Hill (Gerardo Corrales), Sir Alfred James (Rafael Bejarano), Endorsed (Tyler Gaffalione), Steal Sunshine (Irad Ortiz Jr.). All starters will carry 123 pounds.
CHAMPION GOODNIGHT OLIVE HEADS COMPACT FIELD FOR DERBY CITY DISTAFF – First Row Partners and Team Hanley’s champion Goodnight Olive puts her seven-race win streak on the line Saturday when she takes on five rivals in the 37th running of the $750,000 Derby City Distaff (GI) presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery for fillies and mares going seven furlongs on the main track.
The Derby City Distaff, the first of nine stakes races Saturday, will go as the fourth race with a 12:04 p.m. post time.
Trained by Chad Brown, Goodnight Olive closed her 2022 campaign with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (GI), a victory that clinched the Eclipse Award as champion female sprinter.
Goodnight Olive made her 2023 debut a winning one in the Madison (GI) on April 8 at Keeneland, also at seven furlongs. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will break from post two.
The field for the Derby City Distaff, with riders from the rail out, is: Hot and Sultry (Joel Rosario), Goodnight Olive (Ortiz Jr.), Wicked Halo (Tyler Gaffalione), Travel Column (Gerardo Corrales), Matareya (Flavien Prat), My Destiny (Rey Gutierrez). All starters will carry 123 pounds.
PAT DAY MILE ATTRACTS FIELD OF 14 – A well-balanced field of 14, headed by Saratoga Special (GII) winner Damon’s Mound, passed the entry box Monday for the 99th running of the $500,000 Pat Day Mile (GII) for 3-year-olds racing on the main track.
The Pat Day Mile will go as the eighth race with a 2:46 p.m. post time.
Owned by Michele and Cliff Love, Damon’s Mound debuted here last July with a 12 ½-length victory before going to Saratoga before his victory in the Special. Trained by Michele Lovell, Damon’s Mound returns to the dirt after his 2023 debut on turf at Keeneland last month.
Gabriel Saez has the mount and will break from post 13.
Three other graded stakes winners are in the field: Michael McLoughlin’s Curly Jack, Courtlandt Farms’ General Jim and Calumet Farm’s Tall Boy.
The field for the Pat Day Mile, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Kangaroo Court (John Velazquez, 118 pounds), Tall Boy (Rey Gutierrez, 120), Lugan Knight (Manny Franco, 118), Midnight Rising (Luan Machado, 118), Echo Again (Florent Geroux, 118), Frosted Departure (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Fort Bragg (Joel Rosario, 118), Bourbon Bash (Flavien Prat, 118), General Jim (Luis Saez, 120), Curly Jack (Edgar Morales, 118), Gilmore (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118), Gun Pilot (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), Damon’s Mound (Gabriel Saez, 122), Freezing Point (Corey Lanerie, 118).
SPENDARELLA TOPS DEEP FIELD OF EIGHT FOR CHURCHILL DISTAFF TURF MILE – Gainesway Stable’s Spendarella, a winner of four of five starts including the Del Mar Oaks (GI), headlines a field of eight for the 38th running of the $500,000 Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (GII) for fillies and mares racing over the Matt Winn Turf Course.
The Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile will go as the fifth race with a 12:36 p.m. post time.
Trained by Graham Motion, Spendarella will be making her first start since the Del Mar Oaks in August. Her lone setback came at Royal Ascot last June in the Coronation (GI).
Tyler Gaffalione has the mount Saturday and will break from post five.
To be successful in her 2023 debut, Spendarella will have to get past a trio of Chad Brown-trained runners that includes 2022 race winner Speak of the Devil (FR).
Owned by Peter Brant, Speak of the Devil returned from a nine-month layoff to finish fifth in the Honey Fox (GIII) last month. Flavien Prat, who was aboard for last year’s 2 ¾-length victory in this race, has the call Saturday and will break from post position two.
Other Brown entrants include Bradley Thoroughbreds, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Tim and Anna Cambron and Team Hanley’s Haughty and Head of Plains Partners’ Fluffy Socks.
Unraced since winning the Lake Placid (GII) at Saratoga in August, Haughty will be making her Churchill Downs debut. Third in the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (GI) at Del Mar, Haughty will be ridden by Jose Ortiz and break from post three.
Fluffy Socks, a two-time graded stakes winner and six times graded stakes placed, will be making her first start since finishing fourth in the Rodeo Drive (GI) at Santa Anita in October. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will exit post seven.
The field for the Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Sharp Hero (Jareth Loveberry, 118 pounds), Speak of the Devil (FR) (Prat, 118), Haughty (Jose Ortiz, 120), Wakanaka (IRE) (Joel Rosario, 120), Spendarella (Gaffalione, 120), Sister Lou Ann (Luis Saez, 118), Fluffy Socks (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118), Freedom Speaks (James Graham, 118).
MAJOR DUDE TOPS BALANCED OVERFLOW FIELD FOR AMERICAN TURF – Spendthrift Farm’s Major Dude, a two-time graded stakes winner on turf headlines a field of 14 3-year-olds and two also-eligibles entered Monday for Saturday’s 32nd running of the $500,000 American Turf (GII) going 1 1/16 miles over the Matt Winn Turf Course.
The American Turf will go as the ninth race with 3:40 p.m. post time.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Major Dude won the Pilgrim (GII) last fall and the Kitten’s Joy (GIII) in February and most recently was second in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (GIII) on the all-weather surface at Turfway Park.
Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will break from post one.
Also in the field are graded stakes winners Mo Stash, owned by BBN Racing and trained by Vicki Oliver, and Susan Moulton’s Andthewinneris, trained by Wayne Catalano.
Adding further intrigue to the race are two of the top colts to debut this winter at Gulfstream Park: Lawrence Sarf’s undefeated Far Bridge and e Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Carl Spackler (IRE).
The field for the American Turf, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Major Dude (Irad Ortiz Jr., 122 pounds), Far Bridge (Joel Rosario, 118), Mendelssohns March (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Talk of the Nation (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), Johannes (Umberto Rispoli, 118), Behind Enemy Lines (GB) (Flavien Prat, 118), Desert Duke (Corey Lanerie, 118), Mo Stash (Luis Saez, 120), Anglophile (John Velazquez, 118), Otago (Adam Beschizza, 118), Carl Spackler (IRE) (Jose Ortiz, 118), Funtastic Again (Gerardo Corrales, 118), Andthewinneris (Florent Geroux, 122), Webslinger (Javier Castellano, 118. Also-eligible: Wadsworth (Manny Franco, 118), Scoobie Quando (Christophe Lemaire, 118).
ARREST ME RED, BIG INVASION HEADLINE TWIN SPIRES TURF SPRINT – Lael Stables’ Arrest Me Red, winner as the favorite in this race in 2022, headlines a field of 14 for the 29th running of the $500,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (GII) for 3-year-olds and up going 5 ½ furlongs on the Matt Winn Turf Course.
The Twin Spires Turf Sprint will go as the seventh race with a 1:56 p.m. post time.
Trained by Wesley Ward, Arrest Me Red came off a four-month layoff to finish a close third after a wide trip in the Shakertown (GII) at Keeneland last month, Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will break from post 10.
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Big Invasion, winner of the William Walker (Listed) here last Derby Week, looms as the top challenger to Arrest Me Red.
Trained by Christophe Clement, Big Invasion has posted a 9-7-1-1 record on the grass and he returned to the races after a six-month layoff to win the Silks Run (Listed) at Gulfstream Park to kick off 2023.
Joel Rosario has the mount and will break from post four.
The field for the Twin Spires Turf Sprint, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Nobals (Gerardo Corrales, 121 pounds), Go Bears Go (IRE) (John Velazquez, 121), Evan Sing (Jose Ortiz, 121), Big Invasion (Rosario, 121), Necker Island (Chris Landeros, 121), Bad Beat Brian (Chris Emigh, 121), Nothing Better (Manny Franco, 121), Just Might (Colby Hernandez, 121), Oceanic (Edgar Morales, 121), Arrest Me Red (Irad Ortiz Jr., 121), Motorious (GB) (Flavien Prat, 123), Carotari (Luis Saez, 121), Artemus Citylimits (Tyler Gaffalione, 121), Nobler Reflection (Umberto Rispoli (121).
THREE TECHNIQUE EYES KNICKS GO REPEAT – David Miller, Eric Grindley and John Werner’s Three Technique, the 36-1 upset winner of the inaugural Knicks Go last year, will face 11 rivals in Saturday’s second running of the $175,000 race for 4-year-olds and up going a mile on the main track.
The Knicks Go is the day’s sixth race with a 1:14 p.m. post time.
Trained by Jason Cook, Three Technique returned from a five-month layoff by finishing fourth in a 6 ½-furlong sprint last month at Keeneland. Rafael Bejarano has the mount and will break from post seven.
The chief obstacles to a Three Technique repeat are graded stakes winners Masqueparade and Promise Keeper.
FTGGG Racing’s Masqueparade, winner of the 2021 Ohio Derby (GIII) and third in that summer’s Jim Dandy (GII), makes his return to the races off a nine-month layoff for trainer Al Stall Jr. A winner of two of three starts at Churchill Downs, Masqueparade will be ridden by Joel Rosario and break from post two.
Also coming off a similar layoff is Woodford Thoroughbreds, WinStar Farm and Rock Ridge Racing’s Promise Keeper. Trained by Dallas Stewart, Promise Keeper won the 2021 Peter Pan (GIII). Promise Keeper will break from post eight and be ridden by Luis Saez.
The field for the Knicks Go, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Gulfstream Way (Jarerth Loveberry, 118 pounds), Masqueparade (Rosario, 118), Baby Yoda (Javier Castellano, 118), Perfect Flight (Manny Franco, 120), Surly Furious (Jose Ortiz, 120), Zozos (Florent Geroux, 118), Three Technique (Bejarano, 120), Promise Keeper (Saez, 118), Kneedeepinsnow (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118), Noble Drama (Juan Hernandez, 118), Kupuna (Rey Gutierrez, 118), Caddo River (Tyler Gaffalione, 118).
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
2022 KENTUCKY OAKS WINNER SECRET OATH HEADS LA TROIENNE
LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, May 1, 2023) – Briland Farm’s Secret Oath, winner of last year’s Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI), returns to the scene of her biggest triumph as she headlines a field of 10 for the 38th running of the $750,000 La Troienne (GI) for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the main track.
The La Troienne will go as the day’s ninth race on the 13-race program with a 4:04 p.m. (all times Eastern) post time. First post Friday is 10:30 a.m.
Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Secret Oath has earned more than $2.1 million in her career with more than $400,000 of it coming this year with a victory in the Azeri (GII) and a runner-up finish on April 15 to Clairiere in the Apple Blossom (GI) at Oaklawn Park.
Tyler Gaffalione, who was aboard for the two starts in 2023, has the call Friday and will break from post position four.
Four other Grade I winners are in the field headed by defending La Troienne champion Pauline’s Pearl, who is owned by Stonestreet Stables. The others are Hunter Valley Farm’s A Mo Reay, Peter Blum Thoroughbreds’ Society and Klaravich Stables’ Search Results.
Trained by Steve Asmussen, Pauline’s Pearl returns to the races following an off-the-board finish in the Beholder Mile (GI) at Santa Anita on March 11. Joel Rosario has the mount and will break from post position nine.
Trained by Brad Cox, A Mo Reay comes into the La Troienne off a victory in the Beholder Mile (GI) at Santa Anita in March. Florent Geroux has the mount and will break from post position 10.
Society, who won the Cotillion (GI) in September for Asmussen, returned to the races April 8 with a third-place finish in the Madison (GI) going seven furlongs at Keeneland. Jose Ortiz has the mount and will break from post position seven.
Search Results, winner of the 2021 Acorn (GI) and runner-up in that year’s Kentucky Oaks, returns to the races off a six-month layoff for trainer Chad Brown. Search Results will break from post two under Flavien Prat.
The field for the La Troienne, with riders from the rail out, is: Played Hard (John Velazquez), Search Results (Prat), Sixtythreecaliber (Edgar Morales), Secret Oath (Gaffalione), Soul of an Angel (Jesus Castanon), Classy Edition (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Society (Jose Ortiz), Desert Dawn (Umberto Rispoli), Pauline’s Pearl (Rosario), A Mo Reay (Geroux). All starters will carry 123 pounds.
2022 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER RICH STRIKE RETURNS IN ALYSHEBA – RED TR-Racing’s Rich Strike, the 80-1 upset winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby (GI), headlines a deep field of seven for the 20th running of the $600,000 Alysheba presented by Sentient Jet (GII) for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/16 miles on the main track.
The Alysheba will be the first of seven stakes races Friday and go as the fifth race with a 12:43 p.m. post time.
Trained by Eric Reed, Rich Strike will be making his first start of 2023 after closing his 2022 campaign with an off-the-board finish in the Clark (GI) presented by Norton Healthcare. Sonny Leon retains the mount and will break from post three.
While Rich Strike may be the sentimental favorite, the betting public figures to key in on a trio of established older runners – Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector, Gary and Mary West’s West Will Power and Willis Horton’s Last Samurai.
Trained by Bill Mott, Art Collector was a 4 ½-length winner of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (GI) prior to running second in the New Orleans Classic (GII). The earner of more than $4 million, Art Collector will be ridden by Junior Alvarado and break from post one.
Second in the Clark last fall and recent winner of the New Orleans Classic, West Will Power has earned more than $1 million in compiling a 15-6-7-0 record. Trained by Brad Cox and will be ridden by Flavien Prat and break from post four.
Last Samurai, an earner of more than $2 million and a three-time graded stakes winner, comes into the Alysheba off a narrow defeat in the Oaklawn Handicap (GII) on April 22. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Last Samurai will break from post two and be ridden by Luis Saez.
The field for the Alysheba, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Art Collector (Alvarado, 123 pounds), Last Samurai (Saez, 118), Rich Strike (Leon, 118), West Will Power (Prat, 120), Smile Happy (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Milliken (Julien Leparoux, 118), Giant Game (Tyler Gaffalione, 118).
UNDEFEATED MUNNYS GOLD FACES EIGHT FOES IN EIGHT BELLES – Robert and Lawana Low’s undefeated Munnys Gold headlines a field of nine 3-year-old fillies for the 68th running of the $500,000 Eight Belles (GII) going seven furlongs on the main track.
The Eight Belles is Friday’s seventh race with a 2:09 p.m. post time.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Munnys Gold has won her three starts by a combined 38 lengths. She will be making her graded stakes debut in the Eight Belles and will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. and break from post nine.
Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing’s Red Carpet Ready, two-for-two at Churchill Downs and winner of the Forward Gal (GIII) going seven furlongs, cuts back in distance for the Eight Belles.
Trained by Rusty Arnold, Red Carpet Ready finished third in the one-mile Davona Dale (GII) in her most recent start on March 4. Luis Saez has the mount and will break from post position six.
The field for the Eight Belles, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Condensation (Luan Machado, 118 pounds), Sabra Tuff (Tyler Gaffalione. 118), Olivia Twist (Florent Geroux, 118), Effortlesslyelgant (Ricardo Santana Jr., 118), Grand Love (Joel Rosario, 118), Red Carpet Ready (Saez, 120), Positano Sunset (Julien Leparoux, 118), Accede (Flavien Prat, 118), Munnys Gold (Ortiz Jr., 118).
APPALACHIAN TOP THREE RETURN IN EDGEWOOD – D. J. Stable, Medallion Racing, Barry Fowler and Parkland Thoroughbreds’ Papilio (IRE), winner of the Appalachian (GII) last month at Keeneland, tops a field of 11 for the 39th running of the Edgewood presented by Forcht Bank (GII) for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles over the Matt Winn Turf Course.
The Edgewood is the day’s 10th race with a 4:51 p.m. post time.
Mark Casse trains Papilio, who made her U.S. debut in March at Gulfstream Park with a runner-up finish in the Herecomesthebride (GIII). Javier Castellano has the mount Friday and will break from post nine.
Papilio will once again face Cairo Consort and Mission of Joy, the two fillies that finished right behind her in the Appalachian.
Repole Stable and Town and Country Racing’s Cairo Consort, now trained by Todd Pletcher, closed 2022 with a third-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (GI) and this year has victories in the Ginger Brew (Listed) and Sweetest Chant (GIII) and a third in the Herecomesthebride, a nose behind Papilio.
Tyler Gaffalione has the mount and will break from post three.
Miacomet Farm’s Heavenly Sunday has won two of four starts for trainer Brad Cox. She led late in the Appalachian before being overtaken by Papilio and Cairo Consort. Florent Geroux has the mount and will break from post eight.
The field for the Edgewood, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Girl Named Charlie (Edgar Morales, 118 pounds), Liguria (Flavien Prat, 120), Cairo Consort (Gaffalione, 120), Sabalenka (Ricardo Santana Jr., 118), Preliminary (GB) (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118), Mission of Joy (Rosario, 120), Comanche Country (IRE) (Umberto Rispoli, 120), Heavenly Sunday (Geroux, 118), Papilio (IRE) (Castellano, 120), Flashy Gem (Luis Saez, 118), Revalita (FR) (Jose Ortiz, 118).
BROWN DUO TOPS MODESTY FIELD OF NINE – Klaravich Stables McKulick (GB) and Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Robert LaPenta’s Shantisara (IRE), two Grade I winners trained by Chad Brown head a field of nine for the 66th running of the Modesty (GIII) for fillies and mares going 1 1/8 miles over the Matt Winn Turf Course.
The Modesty will go as the sixth race with a 1:26 p.m. post time.
McKulick, runner-up in two efforts here last year in the Edgewood (GII) and Regret (GIII), returns to the races for the first time since a runner-up finish in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI) at Keeneland in October.
Winner of the Belmont Oaks Invitational (GI) and Jockey Club Oaks Invitational (GIII), McKulick will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. and break from post position six.
Shantisara, winner of the 2021 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, enters the Modesty off a victory in the Hillsborough (GII) at Tampa Baty Downs on March 11. Flavien Prat has the mount and will break from post position seven.
The field for the Modesty, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Sweet Dani Girl (Javier Castellano, 118 pounds), Didia (ARG) (Vincent Cheminaud, 118), Henrietta Topham (James Graham, 118), Sparkle Blue (Joel Rosario, 120), Lady Rockstar (GB) (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), McKulick (Ortiz Jr., 120), Shantisara (IRE) (Prat, 120), New Year’s Eve (Luis Saez, 118), Kate’s Kingdom (Jack Gilligan, 118).
BREEDERS’ CUP TURF SPRINT WINNER CARAVEL HEADLINES UNBRIDLED SIDNEY – Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel and Madaket Stables’ Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (GI) winner Caravel headlines a field of 12 for the 13th running of the $300,000 Unbridled Sidney presented by Sysco (Listed) for fillies and mares going 5 ½ furlongs on the Matt Winn Turf Course.
The Unbridled Sidney will go as the eighth race with a 3:03 p.m. post time.
Trained by Brad Cox, Caravel returned to the races on April 8 with a victory over males in the Shakertown (GII) at Keeneland. Tyler Gaffalione has the mount Friday and will break from post position 11.
The field for the Unbridled Sidney, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Bay Storm (John Velazquez, 121 pounds), Salvaje (Brian Hernandez Jr., 123), Majestic d’Oro (Irad Ortiz Jr., 121), Sarah Harper (Joel Rosario, 121), Miner’s Queen (Luis Saez, 121), New Boss (Rey Gutierrez, 121), Margie’s Kitchen (Colby Hernandez, 121), Oeuvre (Jareth Loveberry, 123), Little Jewel (Javier Castellano, 123), Love of My Heart (Corey Lanerie, 121), Caravel (Gaffalione, 125), Quaria Comet (Joe Talamo, 121).
