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Three horses made a thrilling dash for the finish line in Saturday night’s $275,000 Bourbon Trail for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs, but it was Gary and Mary West’s homebred Home Brew who emerged as a nose winner over Creative Minister with War Campaign another nose back in third.

“It’s been an awesome couple of months,” Bauer said. “The credit first goes to our team and the Rigneys for putting these talented horses in our barn. They deserve it the most.”

Rigney Racing’s Warrior Johny, an eye-catching 8 ½-length allowance winner one month ago at Saratoga, will test stakes company for the first time in Saturday night’s second running of the $275,000 Bourbon Trail at Churchill Downs.

Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher celebrated a four-win day on Saturday at Belmont Park, led by graded scores with Life Is Good in the John A. Nerud  (G2) and Charge It in the Dwyer (G3). The $2 million yearling purchase Capensis and the New York-bred Liam’s Map gelding Jerry the Nipper also visited the winner’s circle in races 5 and 10, respectively.

Thursday’s card at Belmont Park will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $83,540 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Sunday