Churchill Downs: Closer Looks for June 12, 2014
DRF Plus closer looks for Churchill Downs on Thursday, June 12.
DRF StaffJun 11, 2014
DRF Plus closer looks for Churchill Downs on Thursday, June 12.
As hard to believe as it may be, there are just five weeks remaining at the spring-summer meet. Through Sunday’s racing, favorites have done exceptionally well, winning at nearly a 40 percent clip at 110 for 277.
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Free as a Bird is in the midst of her best season at age 5, and is about a length away from five straight wins this year after prevailing in a wild multi-horse photo in the $100,000 Intercontinental Stakes.
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The temporary rail moves in a bit from lane 5 to lane 4 this week. Rain is in the forecast for Wednesday, so the two turf races on the card could end up on the Polytrack.
It was an eventful 50th birthday for trainer Mike DePaulo on Sunday.
The eighth race Sunday looked like it might be a race in which a filly could turn in a performance that would make her one to follow. And it seemingly proved that way, though it wasn’t the filly the public, or this handicapper, expected.