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Fergus Galvin and Rebecca Hillen’s Safeen rallied down the center of Ellis Park’s turf course and got by pacesetter Bling in the final strides to win Sunday’s 58th running of the $300,000 Pucker Up (G3), the featured event on Day 2 of Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend.
Fans at Ellis Park were treated to a thriller on Saturday in the $200,000 KY Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Derby when favored Wadsworth overcame a troubled trip and held of late charges of Highway Robber and Anglophile to win his second consecutive stakes at 'the Pea Patch' in Henderson, Kentucky.
Cody's Wish brings a six-race win streak into Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Whitney, the highlight of this weekend's graded stakes action
The Dueling Grounds Derby Preview, run at 1 1/8 miles on turf, is one of seven stakes contests that will be held next weekend at Ellis Park as part of Kentucky Downs Preview Days.
Ellis Park gearing up for 2021 meet with record purses, more stakes races Ky. Downs Preview Day will now be two-day extravaganza Ellis Park gearing up for 2021 meet with record purses, more stakes races By Aaron Hancock | April 25, 2021 at 11:06 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 12:17 AM HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Ellis Park is back on track to offer record purses while adding two new stakes for the 2021 racing season. The meet runs Sunday June 27 through Saturday Sept. 4. Racing secretary Dan Bork said maiden races likely will top the record $50,000 achieved in 2019 before the pandemic forced c...