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5-year-old dark bay/brown gelding · By War Front out of Shuruq (by Elusive Quality)

Entered today: Churchill Downs Race 8

Post time4:25 PM ET
Race type5 1/2 Furlongs Turf · Optional Claiming $80,000
Program / post#1 · post 1
Weight120 lb
Equipment / medicationLasix
Model win chance14%Fair odds 6-1
Morning line7-215% once the line is scaled to 100%
Morning-line favourite?Yes

Tier A Form ▲ Up +4 · career best ≡ Steady figures, 86–91

Pick-sheet marks: notes from the past performances, not proven to beat the odds. How to read them is on the race page.

Model win chance is the card model shown on the race page. The morning-line favourite wins more races than our top-ranked horse (see the record), so read it as a second opinion.

Last three races

DateTrkDistClassFinishSpeed figOddsEqTrip
9/6KD6½f TOC 80k n2x2nd/11917.1-1LPce ins;caught wire
7/17ELP5½f TOC 62k n2xc2nd/8 by hd876.3-1LClip beh;2w;btw;gamely
6/27LS5f TGrpTfSprtB125k4th/9 -1L8912-1LChased 3w;no punch

Finish shows position, field size and beaten lengths. Odds are final odds; * = favourite. Trip notes are the chart caller's.

9 starts in our records: 5 won, 2 2nd, 0 3rd.

DateRaceDistanceTypeFieldPostFinishOddsJockeyTrainer
9/6/26Kentucky Downs R116 1/2 Furlongs TurfAllowance optional claiming $80,00011112nd12-1 MLBen CurtisMichael Maker
7/17/26Ellis Park R65 1/2 Furlongs TurfAllowance optional claiming $62,5008132nd10-1 MLErik AsmussenSteven Asmussen
6/27/26Lone Star Park R85 Furlongs TurfStakes (Grand Prairie Turf Sprint S.)974th4-1 MLStewart ElliottSteven Asmussen
6/6/26Lone Star Park R35 Furlongs TurfRatings handicap55Won9-5 MLStewart ElliottSteven Asmussen
5/15/26Lone Star Park R35 Furlongs TurfAllowance optional claiming $30,00067Won2-1 MLStewart ElliottSteven Asmussen
4/3/26Sam Houston R21 Mile TurfAllowance857th2-1 MLStewart ElliottSteven Asmussen
3/15/26Sam Houston R55 Furlongs TurfAllowance97Won2-1 MLStewart ElliottSteven Asmussen
1/17/26Sam Houston R25 Furlongs TurfClaiming $25,00098Won9-5 MLErik AsmussenSteven Asmussen
5/9/25Churchill Downs R35 Furlongs TurfMaiden special weight142Won4-1 MLLuis SaezBrendan Walsh

From TBredIQ's own results records; may be incomplete before Jul 3, 2023. Matched on name, sire and dam. Finish shows lengths behind the winner where we have the chart; odds are final odds where we have the chart, otherwise the morning line (ML). Past race pages aren't kept on the site, so there's no result link for these races. 7 other entries in our records have no result (usually a scratch, or a race we have no chart for) and are not listed.

Speed figures

Best speed figure
Dirt, fast track43
Turf91
Wet track86
Today's distance on today's surface (last 2 tries in the data)87

Last figures, newest first: 91 · 87 · 89 · 86 — up +4 · career best against the three before

Recent works

DateTrkDistTimeHowRank
10/13CD4f:48.60breezing16 of 44
9/26CD4f:48.80breezing58 of 155
8/29CD4f:51.20breezing129 of 147
8/22CD5f1:01.60breezing37 of 69
8/10CD5f1:01.00breezing4 of 16

Rank = where the time placed among horses working the same distance at that track that day.

Record

Record
Career15 starts: 5 won, 2 2nd, 0 3rd · $209,492
This year8 starts: 4 won, 2 2nd, 0 3rd · $132,443
Last year5 starts: 1 won, 0 2nd, 0 3rd · $72,319
At Churchill Downs2 starts: 1 won, 0 2nd, 0 3rd · $70,343
At today's distance7 starts: 4 won, 1 2nd, 0 3rd · $148,886
Turf13 starts: 4 won, 2 2nd, 0 3rd · $192,276
Wet track1 starts: 1 won, 0 2nd, 0 3rd · $16,800

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