9/14 (KD): Cup (G3), Dash, Ladies Sprint, Dueling Grounds Derby -- MONDAY

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MON 7th (4:38) Dueling Grounds Derby

1 5/16 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Dekabrist Valdivia J Jr 118 L
2 Wireless Future Van Dyke D 118 L
3 Czar Fallon K 118 Blk-Off L
4 Closing Bell Lezcano J 118 L
5 Mission Driven Hill C 118 L
6 Gin Riki Prat F 118 L
7 Seekingtheperfect Torres F C 118 L
8 Good and Proper Prado E S 118 L
9 Help From Heaven Albarado R J 120 L
10 Fantasize Chirinos R 118 L
11 Conquest Pacemaker Da Silva E R 124 L



MON 8th (5:09) Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint S.

6 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Cash Control Lezcano J 121 L
2 Be Proud Franco G 121 L
3 Seeking Treasure Albarado R J 121 L
4 Gal About Town Hernandez R M 121 L
5 Shrinking Violet Desormeaux K J 125 L
6 Thank You Marylou Bravo J 121 L
7 Theatre Star Van Dyke D 125 L
8 You Bought Her Valdivia J Jr 121 L
9 Fleet Encounter Baird E T 121 L
10 Spring Included Rocco J S Jr 121 L
11 Sky Treasure Leparoux J R 125 L
12 Samiam Fallon K 121 L



MON 9th (5:40) Kentucky Downs Turf Dash S.

6 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Channel Marker Torres F C 125 L
2 Let's Go Ben Prat F 121 L
3 Skyring Rocco J S Jr 121 L
4 Mongol Bull Leparoux J R 121 L
5 Holy Lute Graham J 125 L
6 Sweet Luca Albarado R J 121 L
7 Bye Bye Bernie Hernandez R M 121 L
8 Normandy Crossing Fallon K 121 L
9 Green Mask Rosario J 121 L
10 Unbridled's Note Bravo J 121 L
11 Mosler Lezcano J 125 L



MON 10th (6:10) Kentucky Turf Cup S. (G3)

1 1/2 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $600,000

1 Az Ridge Franco G 123 L
2 Hyper Valdivia J Jr 121 L
3 Dramedy Bravo J 123 L
4 Bailoutbobby Graham J 121 L
5 Tobias Fallon K 121
6 Captain Dixie Hill C 121 L
7 Da Big Hoss Rocco J S Jr 123 L
8 Mygalsal Osorio D A 121 L
9 Roman Approval Leparoux J R 123 L
10 Power Ped Prat F 121
11 St. Albans Boy Hernandez R M 121 L
12 Quiet Force Albarado R J 123 L
AE O'Prado Ole Desormeaux K J 121 L

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Has anyone ever seen a stake like this Dueling Grounds Derby? Each of the 11 starters last ran at a different venue..

Ellis, Churchill, Indiana, Arlington, Saratoga, Santa Rosa (!), Beltarra, Gulfstream, Evangeline, Laurel & Woodbine.

Don't think I've ever seen that before with that many runners.

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Saturday's Kentucky Cup card postponed until Monday
By Byron King

Following heavy afternoon rain on an already saturated turf course, Kentucky Downs announced Friday evening it would postpone Saturday’s 10-race Kentucky Cup card until Monday.

This marks the second time this week that rain has wreaked havoc on the all-turf European style course at Kentucky Downs, which has hills and valleys that can cause slippery or boggy conditions in low portions of the course following rainstorms. The track, located in Franklin, Ky., had been forced to cancel racing Thursday after two races when jockeys deemed the course unsafe after Wednesday storms.

The weather forecast is favorable for a return to racing Monday, with sunny skies forecasted Sunday and Monday after clouds and a slight chance of rain Saturday.

“We appreciate the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission authorizing us to make this transition to Monday,” Kentucky Downs president Corey Johnsen said in a press release. “We are also grateful to the horsemen for their continued support throughout the 2015 race meet.”

The races for Monday will not be redrawn and will be contested in the same order and with the same post positions, aside from those changed from scratches, as had been scheduled for Saturday.

The Monday card of racing will feature 10 races and four stakes: The Dueling Grounds Derby, The Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint, The Kentucky Downs Turf Dash, and the richest race of the meet, the Grade 3, $600,000 Kentucky Turf Cup. Including incentives for Kentucky-bred horses, purses for the day total more than $2.2 million.

Horses that were scratched Friday morning, the traditional scratch time for the track when it runs Saturdays, will not be able to participate Monday, Kentucky Downs racing secretary Tyler Picklesimer said in the release.

Kentucky Downs will close the race meeting with 13-race cards on Wednesday and next Saturday – lengthy programs that collectively make up six of the eight canceled races from Thursday. First post those days will be at 12:05 pm Central instead of the previously scheduled 1:35 p.m. post time, while Monday’s card will go at the regular 1:35 p.m. first post.

The long-term forecast for all of next week is bright, with Weather.com calling for sunny or partly cloudy skies through next Saturday.

This is the second time Kentucky Cup Turf Day has been rescheduled during the past 10 years due to inclement weather. It was delayed two days as well in 2006 following similarly wet conditions.