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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.”
Creative Minister, the third-place finisher in the Preakness Stakes (G1) this spring, is expected for the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sunday, Sept. 25, at Remington Park.
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.
Gary and Mary West's Best Actor cruised to a 5 3/4-length score in Tuesday's Grade 3, $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa.