Day 3 of 7 at Kentucky Downs co-features the $1 million Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint (Race 9) and $1 million KD Juvenile Fillies Stakes (Race 11). Saturday’s racing at KD was feast or famine In prices with 100-1, 19-1 and 19-1 longshots mixed around favorites winning 6 of 12 on the card.
Kentucky Downs | Race 5 | 3:39 pm ET
#8 Name It (20-1 morning line odds) was a vastly improved animal on turf last out despite being a half-brother to Santa Anita Derby third-place finisher Uncle Lino and with a dam, Haysee, who is a half-sister to Preakness winner Shackleford. There’s class about the pedigree of his Candy Ride gelding. The Colonial shippers show a flat-bet profit the last 5 years at Colonial Downs and provide value. Jockey Florent Geroux wins 20% locally in turf routes at 10F+ with a positive ROI from 70 mounts. Win-place bet #8. Daily Double 8-1 to next play.
Kentucky Downs | Race 6 | pm ET
#1 Password (9-2 morning line odds) should have inside speed on the move to turf and eliminate a lot of the race variables. Sire Uncle Mo had a very solid 2024 Kentucky Downs season with his offspring 40% in the exacta (6-15). Trainer Rudy Brisset knows what works at Kentucky Downs as 1 of only 2 trainers with 20%-plus wins and a flat-bet positive ROI at the track over the last 5 years – and with multiple scores via Ellis Park preppers like this. Win bet #1.
Kentucky Downs | Race 8 | 5:23 pm ET
#7 Turner’s Dream (8-1 morning line odds) represents a Brendan Walsh barn that’s been tremendous with debut runners at Kentucky Downs the past five-plus seasons, including a bang-up second on opening day Thursday with a 12-1 morning line shot who, like Turner’s Dream, was also by sire Not This Time. Not This Time also sired the winner of that Thursday race in a debut 1-2 exacta. Win bet #7.
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