Kentucky Downs will host six classified events on Saturday, led by the $1 million GII Fanduel Turf Sprint S. ‘Win and You’re In’ and the $1 million GII Kentucky Turf Cup S . NBC Sports will stream both on CNBC.
After successfully defending her title at Saratoga’s GI Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer S. August 27th Gufo (Declaration of War) returns on short notice for the Kentucky Grass Cup. He is a 7-5 light line favorite. 8 year old kid Arklow (Arch) looks for its third win in five entries in this competition following wins in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
Drawn the most of all on deck 12, the winner of the GII Twin Spiers Turf Sprint S. and finally the runner-up GI Jaipur S. Catch me red (Pioneerof the Nile) is the favorite route on the morning of 9-5 during the Fanduel Turf Sprint.
GIII WinStar Mint Million S. rescheduled featuring last year’s winner Pixelate (Zip City). Originally tagged last Saturday, inclement weather forced the cancellation of the race after the seventh race of the day.
Stripes Great Invasion (Declaration of War) was the obvious one to beat in GII Franklin-Simpson S. after impressive victories in GIII Quick Call S. and Mahony S. .
Princess Grace (Karakontie {Jpn}) and Dalika (Ger) (Pastorius {Ger}), one of two in the 2021 GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf S., go head-to-head again in Saturday’s renewal. Dalika outperformed her aforementioned opponent by half the time in last month’s GI Beverly DS at Churchill Downs.
Globetrotting Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), most recently a deadly third in Royal Ascot’s G1 Platinum Jubilee S., returns in the GIII Mint Ladies Sprint S. Good spirit (Ghostzapper).
“For a non-Breeders’ Cup card, this is really great,” said Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs Vice President of Racing.
Baffert Shooting For Fourth Straight Debut…
Hall of Fame coach Bob Baffert will be represented by a pair, led by light line favorites 9-5 and ‘Rising star TDN’ Cooking at home (Honor code), while looking for his fourth straight win and 11th win overall in the GI TVG Del Mar Debutante S. on Saturday.
Home Cooking goes 9 1/4 lengths with the flash off at the second in question on Aug. 21 while her classmate Fast and shiny (Bernardini) won with a generous 6-1 on their August 7 debut. Both are owned by Pegram, Watson and Weitman.
Traction rail Vegas Magic (Good magic) set a perfect treble for Doug O’Neill after a 14-1 loss at GII Sorrento S. August 13.
Saturday’s classified betting action also includes: GII John C. Mabee S. of Del Mar; GIII Baltimore / Washington International Turf Cup S by Pimlico; and the GIII British Columbia Derby at Hastings.
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