Baffert Enters Aristides With One-Two Punch

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert entered two colts in the May 30 $275,000 Aristides Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

One is Madaket Road , who is coming off a 1 3/4-length victory in a May 8 allowance race at Churchill Downs. The win marked the 4-year-old son of Quality Road  's first start of the season and first victory since breaking his maiden in December 2024 at Santa Anita Park.

Owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Bashor Racing, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan, Madaket Road was second in both the Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) and the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) as a 3-year-old .  

Baffert also will be represented by Cornucopian . Owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Bashor Racing, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, Catherine Donovan, and Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings-Lessee, the 4-year-old son of Into Mischief   won the March 29 San Carlos Stakes (G3) before finishing fifth in the May 2 Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). 

The Aristides is a part of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen Bonus Series Program. The horses who first, second, and third will earn a bonus bankroll, which can be utilized toward pre-entry and entry fees for the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), which is set to run Oct. 31 at Keeneland. 

Lagynos goes for four in a row

The $275,000 Arlington Stakes (G3T) features the Steve Asmussen trainee Lagynos , who is searching for his fourth straight victory. 

He comes in off a win in the April 30 Opening Verse Stakes at Churchill Downs, a race where he narrowly defeated Chasing the Crown  by a nose. Owned by HRH Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud, Lagynos finished third in the Arlington Stakes last year. The 5-year-old son of Kantharos   also won the Muniz Memorial Classic Stakes (G2T) and the Fair Grounds Stakes (G3T) this year. He faces 10 rivals in the 1 1/16 mile race, including last year's winner Mercante  and runner-up Brilliant Berti . 

Tam Tam Aims to Go one better in Regret

Tam Tam  comes into the $275,000 Regret Stakes (G3T) off a narrow defeat in the May 1 Edgewood Stakes (G2T), where she was second, a head behind Imaginationthelady . Her first career stakes win came in the March 28 Sanibel Island Stakes at 7 1/2 furlongs. Proving she could stretch out in the Edgewood, the 1 1/16-mile distance of the Regret should suit her. Trained by Phil Bauer for owner Rigney Racing, the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro  began her career on dirt before making the move to the grass, a surface on which she now holds a 2-1-0 record in three starts. 

Pin Up Betty looks for Second Mint Julep

The Three Diamonds Farm homebred Pin Up Betty  looks for back-to-back wins in the $275,000 Mint Julep Stakes (G3T).

Trained by Mike Maker, she is coming off a third-place finish in the May 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T). The 5-year-old daughter of Constitution   will look to find the winner's circle for the first time since she won the Anchorage Overnight Stakes last June. In the Mint Julep, run at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, she will face eight competitors, including the Peter Eurton trainee Medoro , who was three-quarters of a length off the dead-heat winners of the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland in her last start.