9/1-5 (CD): Derby Week Stakes Probables
KENTUCKY DERBY WEEK STAKES
$115,000 Champion’s Day Marathon Overnight Stakes (Entries taken Friday, race Tuesday, Sept.1)
Probable: Eskenforit (trainer Steve Margolis)
$150,000 Unbridled Sidney (Entries taken Saturday, race Wednesday, Sept. 2)
Bye Bye J (Steve Asmussen); Change of Control (Michelle Lovell); Dixieincandyland (Eddie Kenneally); Stonewood (Carlo Vaccarezza); Tomlin (Mike Stidham); Violent Times (Ralph Nicks)
THURBY
$200,000 Pocahontas (GII) (Entries taken Sunday, race Thursday, Sept. 1)
Alexandria (Tim Hamm); Crazy Beautiful (Kenny McPeek); Dream Quist(McPeek); Girl Daddy(Dale Romans); Trip to Seoul (James Chapman) Xtrema (Keith Desormeaux).
$115,000 Opening Verse Overnight Stakes (Entries taken Sunday, race Thursday, Sept. 1)
Crafty Daddy (Kenny McPeek); Cullum Road (Ignacio Correas IV); Hembree (Mike Maker); Mr. Misunderstood (Brad Cox). Possible: Set Piece(Brad Cox)
OAKS DAY
$300,000 Eight Belles presented by TwinSpires.com (GII) (Entries taken Monday, Race Friday, Sept. 4)
Four Graces (Ian Wilkes); Mundaye Call (Brad Cox) Sconsin (Greg Foley). Possible: Ocean Breeze (Wayne Catalano).
$300,000 Edgewood presented by Forcht Bank (GII) (Entries taken Monday, Race Friday, Sept. 4) –
Beguiled (Phil D’Amato); Lucky Betty (Will VanMeter); Outburst (Eddie Kenneally) Sharing (Graham Motion).
$250,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (GII) (Entries taken Monday, Race Friday, Sept. 4)
Archidust (Steve Asmussen); Carotar i(Bryan Lynch); Chaps (Eddie Kenneally); Chief Cicatriz (Shawn Davis); Diamond Oops (Patrick Biancone); Extravagant Kid (Brendan Walsh); Tell Your Daddy (Neil Pessin); Tiger Blood (Mike Maker); Well Labeled (Larry Rivelli).
$400,000 Alysheba (GII) (Entries taken Monday, Race Friday, Sept. 4)
By My Standards (Bret Calhoun); Hence (Jack Sisterson); Owendale (Brad Cox); Silver Dust (Bret Calhoun).
$1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI) (Entries taken Tuesday, Sept. 1, Race Saturday, Sept. 5)
Bowies Hero (Phil D’Amato); Digital Age (Chad Brown); Factor This (Brad Cox); Mr Dumas (Mike Maker); Parkland (Carlo Vaccarezza); Sacred Life (ChadBrown); Somelikeithotbrown (Maker); SpectacularGem(Jimmy Baker)
$500,000 La Troienne (GI) (Entries taken Monday, Race Friday, Sept. 4)
Lady Kate (Eddie Kenneally); Monomoy Girl (Brad Cox); Saracosa (Cipriano Contreras); She’s a Julie (Steve Asmussen). Possible: Vexatious (Jack Sisterson).
DERBY DAY
$500,000 Derby City Distaff (GI) (Entries taken Tuesday, Sept. 1, Race Saturday, Sept. 5) –Bell’s the One (Neil Pessin); Mia Mischief (Steve Asmussen); Sally’s Curlin (Dale Romans); Serengeti Empress (Tom Amoss); Wildwood’s Beauty (Scott Becker).
$500,000 Longines Distaff Turf Mile (GII) (Entries taken Tuesday, Sept. 1,Race Saturday, Sept. 5)
Beau Recall (Brad Cox); Belle Laura (Juan Avila); Daddy is a Legend (Rusty Arnold); Juliet Foxtrot (Brad Cox); Newspaperofrecord (Chad Brown). Possible: She’sonthewarpath (Steve Margolis).
$500,000 American Turf (GII) (Entries taken Tuesday, Sept. 1, Race Saturday, Sept. 5)
Fancy Liquor (Mike Maker); Field Pass (Maker); King Theo (Carlo Vaccarezza); Mr. Big News (Bret Calhoun); Sugoi (Mike Tomlinson); Vanzzy (Mike Pino). Possible: South Ben d(Bill Mott).
$500,000 Pat Day Mile (GII) (Entries taken Tuesday, Sept. 1, Race Saturday, Sept. 5)
Cezanne (Bob Baffert); Echo Town (Steve Asmussen); Liam’s Pride (Doug O’Neill); Shashashakemeup (Keith Desormeaux); Sonneman (Steve Asmussen). Possible: Attachment Rate (Dale Romans); Rushie (Michael McCarthy); South Bend (Bill Mott); Taishan (Richard Baltas)
$200,000 Iroquois presented by Ford (GIII) (Entries taken Tuesday, Sept. 1, Race Saturday, Sept. 5)
Belafonte (Tom Humphries); Drop Anchor (Kenny McPeek); Pico D’Oro (Bill Morey); Sittin On Go (Dale Romans); Super Stock (Steve Asmussen); Therideofalifetime (Ignacio Correas IV); Ultimate Badger (Romans)
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