Rigney Racing’s Played Hard, winner of the Locust Grove (G3), headlines a field of six fillies and mares entered in Thanksgiving Day’s 107th running of the $500,000 Falls City (G3) at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Lynn Chleborad draped herself in the flowered blanket of the $153,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup on Friday night and yelled out her signature happy shout, “Yip! Yip!” as she celebrated her winner, That’s Something, in the richest race of the Oklahoma Classics at Remington Park.
Absaroka, shown winning the $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup in 2021, is nominated to defend his title in this year’s race at Remington Park on October 21.
Shedaresthedevil, winner of the 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1), improved her Churchill Downs record Saturday to six wins in seven starts when she ran down pacesetter Super Quick in deep stretch to win the $350,000 Fleur de Lis (G2) by 1 ¾ lengths.