Stakes-quality hard-knockers meet in Thursday turf mile
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A $95,000 allowance that drew a handful of stakes winners, including a trio of 6-year-olds with impressive résumés, will anchor a 10-race Thursday card at Churchill in Louisville.
Parlor, Mr. Misunderstood, and Big Score are among those accomplished older horses in the ninth race, which will be run as a two-turn mile over the turf. The multi-tiered race conditions include a $150,000 claiming option, with Parlor, runner-up by a nose in the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile in July, being risked for that inordinately high sum amid a field of 10, including one main-track-only designate.
Mr. Misunderstood and Big Score are multiple stakes winners nearing the $1 million earnings mark, underscoring the depth of the lineup.
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With the Breeders’ Cup happening at Keeneland, there are no stakes at Churchill the coming weekend. The next stakes is the Grade 2 Mrs. Revere on Nov. 14. The 24-day meet runs through Nov. 29, with Friday and Saturday dark this week.
◗ The Turfway Park condition book is out, with maiden-specials going for $32,000 (including $15,000 in KTDF) and allowances starting at $33,000. Four months of winter racing over a new synthetic surface starts Dec. 2 at the northern Kentucky track.