Big fields as five-day race week kicks off
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A five-day race week at Churchill Downs begins Wednesday with a nine-race card that has big fields, if little fanfare.
A pair of auction-restricted, $92,000 maiden special weight races for juveniles sold or bought back for $65,000 or less in their most recent sale highlight the card. They are joined by a trio of starter-allowance races, with purses of $60,000, $76,000, and $83,000, respectively.
Several of the nine races have drawn overflow fields – including both maiden races, with 15 entrants (12 may start). The average field size is 10.6 entries.
Following the first four days of the meet, there is a carryover of $54,866 into the jackpot pick six to start this week.
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