Headlining the Sept. 3 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes, a $500,000 one-mile turf event for 2-year-olds, is Really Good , an impressive last-out maiden winner July 23 at Saratoga Race Course.
The morning-line favorite at 5-2, the son of Hard Spun is trained by Mike Maker and owned in partnership by Paradise Farms, David Staudacher, and Jason Ash.
The colt will contest other last-out winners in stablemate Bourbon Therapy and Michael Dini trainee Bramble Blaze .
Rounding out the nine-horse field is Steele Money , Mayfield Strong , Castleknock , Laver , Deer District , and Anglophile .
Also on the card is the $500,000 Aristocrat Juvenile Fillies Stakes which will be contested by Gary Barber's Janis Joplin who has yet to add a win to her record, but is the lone filly in a field of nine who has contested graded stakes territory.
The Mark Casse trainee comes to the one-mile turf contest for 2-year-old fillies off of a runner-up finish last out in the Aug. 7 Adirondack Stakes (G3) at Saratoga where she finished 2 1/2 lengths behind Naughty Gal .
The filly will face 3-1 morning-line favorite Knockyoursocksoff who comes off of a 3 1/2-length maiden special weight score Aug. 3 at Colonial Downs for trainer Chris Block.
Rounding out the entries are Up to Something , C C Cruise Control , Towhead , Chop Chop , Chiquita Mosca , Callie's Grit , and Mustang Lady .
The card also features the WinStar Mint Million Stakes (G3T).
Kentucky Downs, Saturday, September 03, 2022, Race 7Entries: Aristocrat Gaming Juvenile Fillies S.
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Up to Something (KY)
Gerardo Corrales
118
Victoria H. Oliver
10/1
2
2Janis Joplin (KY)
Florent Geroux
118
Mark E. Casse
8/1
3
3C C Cruise Control (KY)
Corey J. Lanerie
120
Kenneth G. McPeek
5/1
4
4Knockyoursocksoff (KY)
Julien R. Leparoux
120
Chris M. Block
3/1
5
5Towhead (KY)
Ricardo Santana, Jr.
118
Michael J. Maker
4/1
6
6Chop Chop (KY)
Reylu Gutierrez
120
Brad H. Cox
7/2
7
7Chiquita Mosca (KY)
Rogelio Miranda
118
Ismael Bahena
20/1
8
8Callie's Grit (KY)
Tyler Gaffalione
118
Joe Sharp
6/1
9
9Mustang Lady (KY)
Rene Diaz
118
Troy Newton
12/1
Kentucky Downs, Saturday, September 03, 2022, Race 8Entries: Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile S.
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Steele Money (KY)
Adam Beschizza
118
Hutch Holsapple
30/1
2
2Bramble Blaze (KY)
Florent Geroux
120
Michael Dini
5/1
3
3Mayfield Strong (KY)
Corey J. Lanerie
120
Kenneth G. McPeek
4/1
4
4Really Good (KY)
Tyler Gaffalione
120
Michael J. Maker
5/2
5
5Castleknock (KY)
Ramon A. Vazquez
120
Peter Miller
9/2
6
6Bourbon Therapy (KY)
Ricardo Santana, Jr.
118
Michael J. Maker
6/1
7
7Laver (KY)
Chris Landeros
118
George R. Arnold, II
12/1
8
8Deer District (KY)
Martin Garcia
120
Dale L. Romans
10/1
9
9Anglophile (KY)
Geovanni Franco
120
Brian A. Lynch
6/1