Burnham Square leads Louisville Stakes at Churchill Downs

Burnham Square, the dominant winner of the Grade 2 Elkhorn Stakes last out, returns to Churchill Downs next Saturday night to headline a compact field of six turf marathoners entered in the 89th running of the Grade 3, $250,000 Louisville Stakes, the featured event on the Downs After Dark program.

Run at 1 1/2 miles on grass, the Louisville goes as race 8 of 10 with a post time of 9:39 p.m. EDT. First post is 6 p.m. EDT.

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Trained by Ian Wilkes for Whitham Thoroughbreds, Burnham Square crushed 10 rivals in last month’s Elkorn by 9 3/4 lengths under Brian Hernandez Jr. The gelded son of Liam’s Map switched to turf late last season following a successful dirt campaign that included victories in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and Holy Bull (G3). Hernandez will have the mount and exit post 3.