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00:00We head over to Kentucky Downs.
00:07There is huge money up for grabs.
00:09Alexa, when I look through the past performances, it doesn't
00:12even seem real to see the purses of all these races.
00:15The maiden races run for like $170,000 purses.
00:19There's $200,000 allowance races and all of the stakes races
00:23that we're going to talk about in the next few minutes have
00:25a $2 million purse.
00:28So if you're a turf horse of any quality right now, you're
00:34running at Kentucky Downs because there's just huge money up
00:36for grabs.
00:38Yeah.
00:38I mean, this is it.
00:39People are shipping horses from other countries to come try
00:42to get get some of this juicy purse money this weekend.
00:46So the first race of those six big stakes races is the it's
00:51race six on the card and it's grade three ladies marathon
00:54going a mile and five sixteenths on the turf.
00:56Turf's the only surface at Kentucky Downs for three-year-olds
01:00and the number six Varagara is my favorite in here going
01:02to be three and a half to one, you know horses really do
01:05have a love-hate relationship with Kentucky Downs and she
01:07loves it.
01:08She's run over the course twice and won both times including
01:11the dueling grounds Oaks in 2022 and this race last year.
01:15So, you know since then they've increased the purse from
01:17900,000 to 2 million and her trainer Grand Motion said this
01:22race is the reason why they have not retired her to be a
01:25group mayor.
01:25She's coming back to try to defend it and bring home that
01:29money. But aside from her the number two chop shop is also
01:32of note.
01:33She'll be the favorite and has had has hit the board every
01:36race for her last eight starts.
01:38She's also run over Kentucky Downs surface once when she
01:40was two years old and did win that race giving her a shot
01:43at the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Championships in 2022.
01:47What makes this style of turf course at Kentucky so unique
01:51is that it's a deep kind of tiring turf course Alexa.
01:54They call it undulating.
01:56What was your nickname for it?
01:57Like a kidney?
01:58It's shaped like a kidney.
01:59Here we go, right?
02:00So it is one of those courses that certain horses like it
02:04and they really like it and other horses don't and then
02:07they just don't fire at all.
02:09We move to race number seven.
02:10It's the grade to Music City six and a half furlongs on the
02:13turf course.
02:14This race feels like you might be able to have five or six
02:18horses around five to one.
02:20It's such an evenly matched group.
02:21There's going to be a bunch of horses all in that price range.
02:24The one that will take the most money is probably the nine
02:26pounds, but the horse we're looking at is the one I actually
02:29like most.
02:29That's the eight buttercream babe.
02:31She faced the boys in her last start.
02:33She was third and she was only beaten a half length in a
02:36really good effort where she might have had a sneaky trouble
02:38trip that day.
02:39So buttercream babe for me.
02:41There's not a lot of speed in this race.
02:43Maybe the three time to dazzle is a horse.
02:45You can upgrade a little bit.
02:47I'll hand the baton to you Alexa for race number eight.
02:50Yeah, race eight is the grade three million stakes going
02:53a mile on the turf for three-year-olds.
02:55Typically horses really only run about once a month, but the
02:58purses here at Kentucky Downs are so big that there are a few
03:01trainers who are have their horses run last week and they're
03:04bringing them back this weekend to compete again before the
03:07end of this short meet.
03:08There are three of those in here.
03:10The number three Irish aces the number four cash equity and
03:13the number 11 Goliad.
03:15It's a tall ask for sure.
03:16But out of those three, I do like Goliad the best for having
03:21some repeat success.
03:22He won last week by getting the lead and wiring the field.
03:25He has the fastest early speed again today.
03:27So even though it's a tougher competition, I do think he
03:30should be able to get that spot.
03:31He likes number 10 ancient Rome will be the tepid favorite
03:35in here.
03:35His career is in Europe, but his trainer ships him over to
03:38the US to target this meet and so far it's been successful
03:41plan as he is the defending champion in this race race.
03:45Number nine is the grade one Franklin Simpson.
03:48Someone in here is going to be a grade one winner after
03:50Saturday.
03:51It's a really unproven group some horses that are on my
03:55radar.
03:55You big band there you Big Bang Theory fans are going to
03:58be very excited because Howard Wolowitz is actually my top
04:01selection and a horse who was completely buried down on
04:04the inside.
04:04He had traffic trouble to deal with.
04:06I think he fits really well would not be shocked to see
04:09them get aggressive there.
04:10I had this race or my personal top selection stack 10 8 4 I
04:15expect to see yellow card show an improved effort a little
04:18bit of trouble last time out and please advise.
04:20I think fits very well in here.
04:22Alexa race number 10 set us up for the Turf Cup.
04:26Yep, the grade 2 Turf Cup.
04:28This one is a Breeders Cup win in your in challenge race.
04:31So whoever wins this race gets their paid way to the World
04:35Championships in November.
04:36It's going to be a fast pace and it's going to be set by
04:38number four get smoking, which is exactly what happened
04:41last year get smoking wire the feel and one and I think
04:45he just might be able to do it again for his one last year.
04:48He got the entry in a Breeders Cup and then very unfortunately
04:52injured his manhood a couple of days before the World
04:54Championships and could not compete.
04:56So, you know, he's back and looking for a second chance
04:59second shot at the Breeders Cup.
05:01He'll be at 12 to 1 odds or more.
05:03The favor will be number two integration who's going to
05:06take the opposite approach to get smoking and put up a late
05:09rally one other long shot to note is number 720 port who
05:13barely lost to get smoking last hour.
05:18Yeah.