Churchill Downs: Encino chases another graded win in River City

Let 'em Run heads to Big A for another pick 5 - Sports Talk Florida

Aqueduct Overview Let ’em Run is ready to roll at Aqueduct with three nice stakes races in the Late Pick 5, and we’ll also look at the race of the day at Churchill Downs — The River City Stakes — with a full field of 11 runners ready to go. Aqueduct Let ’em Run is ready to roll at Aqueduct with 3 nice stakes races in the Late P5, and we will look at the race of the day at Churchill Downs, The River City Stakes, with a full field of 11 runners re…

Chasing the Crown has little margin for error in River City

Chasing the Crown finished a closing third as a 64-1 shot last January in the Pegasus World Cup Turf. Making his first post-Pegasus start, Chasing the Crown captured a $500,000 handicap at Kentucky Downs. Trainer Mike Maker a week later named the 2026 Pegasus as a major objective, but first Chasing the Crown starts as the favorite Saturday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 3, $300,000 River City.

Churchill Downs: Encino chases another graded win in River City

Godolphin’s Encino has proven his versatility with victories on dirt, turf and all-weather surfaces and will look to add another turf win to his resumé Saturday in the Grade 3, $300,000 River City at Churchill Downs. Trained by Brad Cox, Encino enters the River City off a 1 3/4-length victory in the Presque Isle Mile, where he rallied from just off the pace to defeat seven rivals over the all-weather surface. Two months earlier, he captured the …