Therapist After 10th Stakes Win in Louisville Stakes

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Therapist defeats Bay Street Money in the Pan American Stakes at Gulfstream Park

Michael Dubb's Therapist , a recent grade 2 winner and nine-time stakes winner, headlines a field of 11 turf marathoners in the $225,000 Louisville Stakes (G3T) May 20 at Churchill Downs.

The 1 1/2-mile Louisville is the finale on the 11-race card Saturday with a post time of 5:58 p.m. ET.

Therapist, a former $50,000 claim by Dubb and trainer Mike Maker, defeated stablemate and fellow Louisville entrant Bay Street Money  last time out in the April 1 Pan American Stakes (G2T) at Gulfstream Park. The 8-year-old gelded son of Freud   raced for a good portion of his career under the care of trainer Christophe Clement, winning eight stakes for him from 2017-20. Therapist was claimed for $80,000 in September by trainer George Weaver and subsequently claimed by trainer Martin Drexler before Maker's claim in January. 

Jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. will have the mount on the veteran, who carries highweight of 123 pounds, five pounds more than all of his rivals.

Maker previously won the Louisville in 2013 with Dark Cove .

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Bay Street Money, owned by Sanford Goldfarb, finished just three-quarters of a length behind Therapist in the Pan American when he was outkicked by his stablemate. Rey Gutierrez rides Saturday.

Other classy entrants include Stuart Janney III's multiple graded stakes-placed Limited Liability , Brookdale Racing's 2022 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) winner Tiz the Bomb , and Team Block's graded stakes winner Another Mystery .


Entries: Louisville S. (G3T)

Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 20, 2023, Race 11

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1 1/2m
  • Turf
  • $225,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 5:58 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Limited Liability (KY) James Graham 118 Claude R. McGaughey III 8/1
2 2Bay Street Money (KY) Reylu Gutierrez 118 Michael J. Maker 7/2
3 3Mount Rundle (KY) Walter A. Rodriguez 118 Michelle Nihei 20/1
4 4Tiz the Bomb (KY) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Kenneth G. McPeek 10/1
5 5English Conqueror (ON) Julien R. Leparoux 118 Darwin D. Banach 12/1
6 6Time for Trouble (KY) Joseph Talamo 118 Jeff A. Hiles 12/1
7 7Therapist (NY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 123 Michael J. Maker 5/2
8 8Yamato (KY) Isaac Castillo 118 Michael J. Maker 15/1
9 9Another Mystery (IL) Jareth Loveberry 118 Mickey A. Goldfine 3/1
10 10Foreign Relations (KY) Declan Cannon 118 Conor Murphy 12/1
11 11Smokey Lee (KY) David Cohen 118 Waylon Cundiff 50/1