Bodexpress adds name to growing list of Clark probables

Multiple graded stakes placed Bodexpress has added his name to the expanding lineup for next Friday’s $500,000 Clark (G1) according to trainer Gustavo Delgado’s assistant and son Gustavo Delgado Jr.

Bodexpress, a three-time winner, finished 13th in the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1). The colt drew notoriety following his 71-1 runner-up effort behind Maximum Security in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1). While still a maiden, Bodexpress drew in off the also-eligible list to run in the Kentucky Derby. Most recently, the 4-year-old son of Bodemeister dominated a 1 1/16-mile allowance event at Gulfstream Park West by 11 ¼ lengths.

Other top older horses expected to enter the Clark include W.S. Farish’s multiple Grade I winner Code of Honor; Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister’s 2019 Clark third-place finisher Mr Freeze; and Rupp Racing’s three-time G3 victor Owendale.

Entries for the Clark will be taken Sunday. Additional horses that could join the field, according to Churchill Downs assistant racing secretary and stakes coordinator Dan Bork: Albaugh Family Stables LLC and Helen K. Groves Revocable Trust’s two-time winner Coastal Defense; Bonne Chance Farm, LLC and Stud R D I LLC.’s recent Keeneland turf allowance winner In Love (BRZ); and Imperial Racing’s 2019 UAE Derby (G2) winner Plus Que Parfait.

Trainer Bret Calhoun reported he nominated multiple graded stakes winners By My Standards and Mr. Money to the Clark. They are expected to work Friday and could enter the race.