Tiz the Bomb Tops Field of 14 for Bourbon Stakes

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Tiz the Bomb wins the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes at Kentucky Downs

Phoenix Thoroughbred III's Tiz the Bomb , winner of the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes in his most recent start Sept. 6, headlines a field of 14 2-year-olds plus two also-eligibles for the $200,000 Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes (G2T) going 1 1/16 miles on the grass Oct. 10 at Keeneland.

Trained by three-time race winner Kenny McPeek, Tiz the Bomb notched his first victory in his second start, a 14 1/4-length blowout going a mile in an off-the-turf maiden race July 2 at Ellis Park. Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount Sunday and will exit post 12.

"He's a very good horse," McPeek said. "I would have run him in the Breeders' Futurity (G1) if the owner didn't have another one (Double Thunder ) in there."

The Bourbon is a Breeders' Cup Challenge race with the winner earning a fees-paid berth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) Nov. 5 at Del Mar.

Tiz the Bomb is a son of Hit It a Bomb  , who won the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Keeneland.

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McPeek also sends out Lucky Boss , who was second in the Runhappy Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes Aug. 15. Lucky Boss will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. from post 13.

Another Kentucky Downs winner who figures to attract attention is Silverton Hill's Red Danger . Trained by Brian Lynch, Red Danger has won two of three starts with his most recent score coming in the Global Tote Juvenile Sprint Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 9. Luis Saez, who has been aboard for all three of Red Danger's starts, has the call Sunday and will exit post 10.

Completing the field for the Bourbon are Brit's Wit , Stolen Base , Dowagiac Chief , Martini'nmoonshine , Rocket One , Credibility , Fast N Steady , Waita Minute Hayes , On Thin Ice , Heaven Street , and Play Action Pass . Also-eligibles are Vivar  and Red Run .

Averly Jane wins the 2021 Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga
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Averly Jane wins the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

Two races before the Bourbon is the $200,000 Indian Summer Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select for 2-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf. Hat Creek Racing's undefeated Averly Jane , who is already a two-time stakes winner, tops a field of 10. The Midshipman   filly won her debut on Keeneland's main track in April, took the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes in the slop at Churchill Downs later that month, and returned Aug. 20 to win the off-the-turf Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Averly Jane is trained by Wesley Ward and will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione from post 7.

Ward, who won the 2019 Indian Summer with the eventual grade 1-winning filly Kimari , also has Gregory Kaufman's stakes-placed Kaufymaker . She will be ridden by Ortiz Jr. from post 2.

Trainer Mark Casse, who sent out Strike Silver  to win the inaugural Indian Summer in 2018, is back this year with Canadian stakes winner Diamond City .

The Indian Summer is also a Breeders' Cup Challenge race that offers the winner a paid berth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) Nov. 5 at Del Mar.


Entries: Castle & Key Bourbon S. (G2T)

Keeneland, Sunday, October 10, 2021, Race 10

  • Grade IIT
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 2 yo
  • 5:46 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Brit's Wit (KY) David Romero Flores 118 Andrew McKeever 30/1
2 2Stolen Base (KY) Flavien Prat 118 Michael J. Maker 10/1
3 3Dowagiac Chief (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate James Graham 118 Thomas M. Amoss 20/1
4 4Martini'nmoonshine (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Thomas M. Amoss 10/1
5 5Rocket One (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Julien R. Leparoux 118 William I. Mott 8/1
6 6Credibility (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Edwin Gonzalez 118 Mark E. Casse 20/1
7 7Fast N Steady (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Leonel Reyes 118 Javier E. Gonzalez 30/1
8 8Waita Minute Hayes (KY) Mitchell Murrill 118 Ricky Courville 30/1
9 9On Thin Ice (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Corey J. Lanerie 118 Mark E. Casse 15/1
10 10Red Danger (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 118 Brian A. Lynch 7/2
11 11Heaven Street (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Steven M. Asmussen 8/1
12 12Tiz the Bomb (KY) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 120 Kenneth G. McPeek 3/1
13 13Lucky Boss (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Kenneth G. McPeek 8/1
14 14Play Action Pass (KY) Edgard J. Zayas 118 Robert Medina 10/1
15 15Vivar (KY) Florent Geroux 118 Brad H. Cox 8/1
16 16Red Run (KY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Steven M. Asmussen 10/1


Entries: Indian Summer S. Presented by Keeneland Select

Keeneland, Sunday, October 10, 2021, Race 8

  • STK
  • 5 1/2f
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 2 yo
  • 4:44 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Sonnyisnotsofunny (KY) Luis Saez 118 Michael J. Maker 5/1
2 2Kaufymaker (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 115 Wesley A. Ward 7/2
3 3Detroit City (KY) Adam Beschizza 118 Jack Sisterson 30/1
4 4Pure Panic (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Flavien Prat 118 Michael J. Maker 15/1
5 5Big Boss Ben (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Reylu Gutierrez 118 John Alexander Ortiz 30/1
6 6Bonus Appreciation (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Steven M. Asmussen 12/1
7 7Averly Jane (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 117 Wesley A. Ward 4/5
8 8Roman Poet (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Florent Geroux 118 Thomas M. Amoss 50/1
9 9Circle Back Jack (KY) Robby Albarado 118 Sarah Hamilton 50/1
10 10Diamond City (KY) Julien R. Leparoux 120 Mark E. Casse 4/1