Local Hero cuts back in distance in Pat Day Mile
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Local Hero, the third-place finisher in the Risen Star (GII) and the Louisiana Derby (GII) headlines a field of 14 for the Pat Day Mile.
The Pat Day Mile will go as the eighth race with a 4:28 p.m. post time.
Owned by e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and trained by Steve Asmussen, Local Hero will break from the rail under Florent Geroux.
Other top contenders in the field include Joseph Sutton’s Bitumen, winner of the Sanford (GIII), Calumet Farm’s three-time graded stakes-placed Wild Shot and Lael Stables’ No Dozing, who was an unlucky third in the Lexington (GIII) in his most recent start.
The field for the Pat Day Mile, with jockey and weight from the inside, is: Local Hero (Geroux, 118 pounds), Bitumen (Joe Bravo, 118), Rapid Dial (Julien Leparoux, 118), Uncontested (Mike Smith, 120), No Dozing (Joe Rosario, 118), Greeley and Ben (Calvin Borel, 118), Colonelsdarktemper (Jon Court, 118), Wild Shot (Corey Lanerie, 118), Excitations (Miguel Mena, 118), You’re to Blame (Javier Castellano, 118), Sonic Mule (John Velazquez, 118), Bobby On Fleek (Jose Ortiz, 118) and Warrior’s Club (Flavien Prat, 118).
Source: Churchill Downs
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