Churchill Downs
Don't Tell Sophia being considered for Falls City
Barbara D. Livingston Don't Tell Sophia might run in the Grade 2 Falls City on Thanksgiving.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Phil Sims said Friday from Keeneland that he is “seriously considering” running Don’t Tell Sophia in the Grade 2 Falls City at Churchill Downs on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
Sims said Don’t Tell Sophia has trained forwardly since finishing second to Untapable in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, and that there “really aren’t any drawbacks” to racing the 6-year-old mare one more time before heading to Oaklawn Park for the winter.
Entries will be drawn Sunday for the 1 1/8-mile Falls City. Weight assignments for both the Falls City and Clark were to be released late Friday. Besides those handicaps, the other end-of-meet stakes are the twin 2-year-old races on Saturday, the Kentucky Jockey Club and Golden Rod.