Only if it was a 1 turn mile.
They're races of a different color: 1 turn miles and 2 turn miles.

Aldebaran was tried at 2 turns by Mr. Frankel
and he failed at Churchill Downs.

He was a 7 panel specialist and one of those types
that really didn't fit neatly into the Breeder's Cup agenda.
He should have just stayed home on that day instead of
trying to weave through an impossible roadblock of equines from waay back.