Uncaptured, winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs last November, is scheduled to make his first start since that victory when he faces eleven rivals in the $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Racing Spiral Stakes (gr. III) at Turfway Park.
The nine-furlong race was won two years ago by Animal Kingdom, who went on to win the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) six weeks later at Churchill Downs. Uncaptured, who has been dealing with hoof issues for several months, will be looking to take a similar route to the Derby, although it is not out of the question that he could start in second prep race three weeks from from now.
Uncaptured's primary opposition is expected to come from Balance the Books, who finished third in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I), and Capo Bastone, who was third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Mac the Man, winner of three straight races at Turfway Park, and My Name Is Michael, who was third in the Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) at Tampa Bay Downs last month, are other prominent entrants.
Post Positions:
1 Balance the Books
2 Channel Isle
3 Uncaptured
4 Fear the Kitten
5 My Name is Michael
6 For Greater Glory
7 Mac the Man
8 General Election
9 Black Onyx
10 Giant Finish
11 Taken by the Storm
12 Capo Bastone
-Keelerman
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