Race # 8
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CHURCHILL DOWNS - Jun 04, 2026 - Race 8
ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING - Thoroughbred
FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON $20,000 TWICE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING, STARTER, OR STATE BRED OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON THREE RACES OR CLAIMING PRICE $80,000. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. Non-winners Of Two Races At A M ile Or Over On The Turf Since April 4 Allowed 2 lbs. Such A Race Since Then Allowed 4 lbs. Claiming Price $80,000 (Races Where Entered For $62,500 Or Less Not Considered In Allowances). (If deemed inadvisable by management to run this race over the turf c ourse, it will be run on the main track at One and One Sixteenth mile.) (Rail at 36 feet). (NW2$ X) Claiming Price: $80,000
One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Turf
Current Track Record: (Green Light - 1:39.82 - June 20, 2025)
ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING - Thoroughbred
FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON $20,000 TWICE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING, STARTER, OR STATE BRED OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON THREE RACES OR CLAIMING PRICE $80,000. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. Non-winners Of Two Races At A M ile Or Over On The Turf Since April 4 Allowed 2 lbs. Such A Race Since Then Allowed 4 lbs. Claiming Price $80,000 (Races Where Entered For $62,500 Or Less Not Considered In Allowances). (If deemed inadvisable by management to run this race over the turf c ourse, it will be run on the main track at One and One Sixteenth mile.) (Rail at 36 feet). (NW2$ X) Claiming Price: $80,000
One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Turf
Current Track Record: (Green Light - 1:39.82 - June 20, 2025)
Purse: $134,000
Includes: $33,800 KTDF - Kentucky TB Devt Fund
Available Money: $134,000
Value of Race: $130,994 1st $76,392, 2nd $26,800, 3rd $13,400, 4th $6,700, 5th $4,020, 6th $1,841, 7th $1,841
Weather: Clear Track: Firm
Off at: 8:24 Start: Good for all Timer: Electronic
Includes: $33,800 KTDF - Kentucky TB Devt Fund
Available Money: $134,000
Value of Race: $130,994 1st $76,392, 2nd $26,800, 3rd $13,400, 4th $6,700, 5th $4,020, 6th $1,841, 7th $1,841
Weather: Clear Track: Firm
Off at: 8:24 Start: Good for all Timer: Electronic
Fractional Times:
23.52
48.81
1:12.99
1:35.81
Final Time:
1:41.87
Split Times:
(25.29)
(24.18)
(22.82)
(6.06)
Gate to Wire Time:
1:45.63
Run-Up: 117 feet
Temporary Rail: 36 feet
Winner: Idratherbeblessed, Bay Gelding, by Unified out of Celestial Smile, by Tiznow. Foaled Feb 18, 2020 in Kentucky.
Breeder: Narola, LLC.
Owner: JD Thoroughbreds LLC and Scherr, Wayne
Trainer: Hartman, Chris
Winner: Idratherbeblessed, Bay Gelding, by Unified out of Celestial Smile, by Tiznow. Foaled Feb 18, 2020 in Kentucky.
Breeder: Narola, LLC.
Owner: JD Thoroughbreds LLC and Scherr, Wayne
Trainer: Hartman, Chris
1 Claimed Horse(s):
Idratherbeblessed
New trainer: Michael J. Maker
New Owner: Paradise Farms Corp. and Staudacher, David
Claiming Prices:
3 - Idratherbeblessed: $80,000;
Total WPS Pool: $258,209
Pgm
Horse
Win
Place
Show
3
Idratherbeblessed
14.66
6.94
4.82
9
Westside Tide
5.44
3.06
2
Tough Little Nut
3.56
Wager Type
Winning Numbers
Payoff
Pool
Carryover
$3.00 Pick 3
12-1-3 (3 correct)
652.98
225,212
$0.50 Pick 4
1-3/10/12/13/14-1-3 (4 correct)
1,776.43
245,226
$0.50 Pick 5
4-1-3/10/12/13/14-1-3 (5 correct)
14,924.34
285,591
$0.20 Pick 6 Jackpot
6-4-1-3/10/12/13/14-1-3 (6 correct)
203,833.79
87,860
$1.00 Daily Double
1-3
101.45
113,937
$2.00 Exacta
3-9
77.12
139,832
$1.00 Octafecta Jackpot
REFUNDED
0
123,624
$0.10 Superfecta
3-9-2-10
36.72
37,418
$1.00 Super High Five
3-9-2-10-5
2,259.67
82,442
$0.50 Trifecta
3-9-2
54.06
73,624
$2.00 Odd or Even
ODD
3.18
228
Trainers:
3 - Hartman, Chris 9 - Jacobson, David 2 - Block, Chris 10 - Arnold II, George 5 - Lynch, Brian 1 - Bauer, Philip 4 - Mott, William
Owners:
Footnotes
IDRATHERBEBLESSED set a clear pace in the two path, repelled a mild challenge entering the lane before being collared by an outer bidder in upper stretch, dug in while moving out to the three to four path in midstretch, inched free briefly into the final sixteenth then held firm between pursuers. WESTSIDE TIDE pursued from midpack along the inside, dropped back around the first turn, steadied behind foes into the far turn, shifted two wide in upper stretch, rallied to duel for place with outer rivals late and prevailed. TOUGH LITTLE NUT trailed in the two to four path into the backstretch, swung six wide in upper stretch, fanned wider into the final furlong yet produced a late rally outside of foes to miss place at the wire. PLENSA pursued from midpack in the three to two path and between horses, shifted out to the five path in upper stretch, floated to the six path while between rivals into the final furlong, rallied among foes but missed in the place photo. BEYOND STOKED advanced in the four path around the first turn, tracked down the backstretch, progressed once more entering the lane to bid outside of the leader in upper stretch, but drifted out subtly in midstretch, got turned away at the sixteenth pole and yielded between horses late. JOHNY'S RENDEZVOUS stalked along the inside before moving out to the three path entering the backstretch, pressed outside of the leader before issuing a mild challenge reaching the lane, but was repelled entering upper stretch and weakened between horses. EXCITE stuttered a step at the start, tracked from the two path before moving to the inside into the backstretch, pursued from the pocket turning for home, but lacked a rail rally and flopped back to his left lead while tiring in the final furlong.
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