Ultima Grace Returns at KY Downs After Queen Mary Fade

Before staging the $1.5 million Gun Runner Stakes Sept. 8, Kentucky Downs will precede that race with three $1 million stakes for juveniles, all overdrawn.

Stakes at Kentucky Downs, an all-turf track in the southern part of the state along the border with Tennessee, include supplements for horses bred in Kentucky. Horses not bred in the Bluegrass State race for lesser but still sizable purses. Purses are massive at Kentucky Downs due to purse-boosting historical horse racing gaming revenue and the track running only seven days a year.

C2 Racing Stable and Mathis Stable's Forged Steel, a Vekoma  juvenile colt who broke his maiden in his second start by 8 1/2 lengths at Gulfstream Park, is favored at 3-1 on the morning line in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes. 

Entries: Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile S.

Kentucky Downs, Sunday, September 8, 2024, Race 7

• STK
• 1m
• Turf
• $1,000,000
• 2 yo
• 3:42 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1The Brigade (KY)	Emisael Jaramillo	120	Mark E. Casse	20/1
2	2Emmett (FL)	John R. Velazquez	118	Jose Francisco D'Angelo	30/1
3	3Turnbuckle (KY)	Joel Rosario	118	Dana Hancock	20/1
4	4Reach for the Rose (KY)	Dylan Davis	120	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	6/1
5	5I'm Otter Here (KY)	Jaime A. Torres	120	Jeff A. Hiles	9/2
6	6West Beach (KY)	Lanfranco Dettori	118	Brendan P. Walsh	4/1
7	7Forged Steel (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	118	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	3/1
8	8The Count Is On (FL)	Edgar Morales	118	Jimmy Corrigan	20/1
9	9Ready for Peace (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	120	Ignacio Correas, IV	15/1
10	10Tiztastic (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	118	Steven M. Asmussen	8/1
11	11Mika (KY)	Luis Saez	120	Michael J. Maker	15/1
12	12Kirin (KY)	Florent Geroux	118	Jose Francisco D'Angelo	10/1
13	13Homie (KY)	Gerardo Corrales	118	Larry Rivelli	6/1
14	14Coal Battle (KY)	Juan P. Vargas	118	Lonnie Briley	20/1
15	15Lush Lips (GB)	Luis Saez	115	Donnacha O'Brien	5/1

The Untapable Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs includes numerous recent sprint winners, plus For the People Racing's Ultima Grace. The daughter of American Pharoah  was a Keeneland first-out maiden winner in April who resumes racing in the United States after leading and fading to 20th in the June 19 Queen Mary Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot for trainer Wesley Ward. She races with blinkers off.

Entries: Untapable S.

Kentucky Downs, Sunday, September 8, 2024, Race 8

• STK
• 6 1/2f
• Turf
• $1,000,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 4:17 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1She's All Charm (KY)	Luis Saez	120	Eoin G. Harty	9/2
2	2Ultima Grace (KY)	John R. Velazquez	120	Wesley A. Ward	6/1
3	3Give Life (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	120	Ignacio Correas, IV	15/1
4	4Civetta (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	120	Brendan P. Walsh	8/1
5	5Winfinity (VA)	Jaime A. Torres	120	John Alexander Ortiz	20/1
6	6Shezafunkydrummer (KY)	Gerardo Corrales	120	Larry Rivelli	8/1
7	7Unchained Elaine (KY)	Emisael Jaramillo	120	Patrick L. Biancone	15/1
8	8Kilwin (KY)	Jose Lezcano	120	George R. Arnold, II	5/1
9	9Abientot (KY)	Dylan Davis	120	Mark E. Casse	6/1
10	10Andrea (KY)	Lanfranco Dettori	120	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	8/1
11	11Dreamgirl (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	120	Michael J. Maker	20/1
12	12Viggiedal (KY)	Cristian A. Torres	120	Steven M. Asmussen	10/1
13	13Cotillard (KY)	Jose Riquelme	120	Luis E. Seglin	30/1
14	14Run Camila Run (KY)	Walter A. Rodriguez	120	Anna Decker	50/1
15	15Perfect Figure (KY)	Florent Geroux	120	Brad H. Cox	8/1

Juvenile fillies go a longer distance in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes at a mile.

Debut winners at Saratoga Race Course in routes—KatieRich Stable's May Day Ready (Tapit ) and Gary Barber's She's Got Will (War of Will )—are two contenders.

Entries: Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies S.

Kentucky Downs, Sunday, September 8, 2024, Race 9

• STK
• 1m
• Turf
• $1,000,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 4:51 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Bellavinino (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	118	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	10/1
2	2Mean Eileen (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	120	Joe Sharp	6/1
3	3Bonne Fille (KY)	Gavin Ashton	118	Michelle Lovell	20/1
4	4Playful Lass (NY)	Jose L. Ortiz	120	Michael J. Maker	12/1
5	5Sorry Not Sorry (IN)	Jaime A. Torres	118	Michael E. Lauer	20/1
6	6May Day Ready (KY)	Lanfranco Dettori	120	Joseph R. Lee	9/2
7	7Flip Flops (KY)	Luan Machado	120	Mark E. Casse	10/1
8	8Sashay Away (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	120	Robert Medina	12/1
9	9She's Got Will (KY)	Dylan Davis	120	Mark E. Casse	4/1
10	10Somethinabouther (KY)	Declan Cannon	120	Brendan P. Walsh	8/1
11	11Into the Fray (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	George R. Arnold, II	5/1
12	12Tigerish (KY)	Florent Geroux	118	Richard Baltas	20/1
13	13Sweet Treasure (KY)	Florent Geroux	118	Brad H. Cox	8/1
14	14Knightofcaravaggio (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	118	Brad H. Cox	12/1
15	15Ramsey Pond (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	118	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	20/1
16	16Bessie Abott (IRE)	Joel Rosario	118	MICHAEL MULVANY	10/1