Crazy Beautiful Catches Eye in Seneca Overnight Stakes

Before she has a date at Fasig-Tipton in The November Sale, Crazy Beautiful  has some business to finish on the racetrack. Phoenix Thoroughbred's three-time graded stakes winner headlines a field of seven 3-year-old fillies in action Oct. 1 at Churchill Downs in the $160,000 Seneca Overnight Stakes.

Trained by Kenny McPeek, Crazy Beautiful has recorded three victories from six starts in her 3-year-old campaign with wins in the $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3), $200,000 Summertime Oaks (G2), and $200,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). The well-traveled filly by Liam's Map   has competed at seven different racetracks since she began her in July of last year at Ellis Park.  Most recently she ran sixth in the Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Rigney Racing's Played Hard , fifth in the Alabama, also entered the Seneca Overnight Stakes. Her speed likely makes her the one to catch.

Unlike Played Hard, Crazy Beautiful has yet to record a win at Churchill Downs. In two starts, she ran into traffic problems when second in the Pocahontas Stakes (G3) last year and ran 10th in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) this spring.

Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount from post No. 6 in the 1 1/16-mile race.

McPeek also starts Susan Moulton's Oliviaofthedesert , twice a winner of minor stakes races. Corey Lanerie rides the daughter of Bernardini.

Entries: Seneca Overnight S.

Churchill Downs, Friday, October 01, 2021, Race 9

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• Dirt
• $160,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 4:55 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Illiogami (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	118	George R. Arnold, II	5/1
2	2Moon Swag (KY)	Florent Geroux	118	Brendan P. Walsh	12/1
3	3Double Dawn (KY)	Chase Miller	118	Waylon Cundiff	30/1
4	4Time for Glory (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	118	Norman L. Cash	20/1
5	5Played Hard (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	118	Philip A. Bauer	8/5
6	6Crazy Beautiful (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	120	Kenneth G. McPeek	6/5
7	7Oliviaofthedesert (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	Kenneth G. McPeek	6/1