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CHURCHILL DOWNS Race #5

May 6, 2011
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Premium Pick

Top pick: #9 (MIGHT) - Filly is trained by "Blame's" conditioner Al Stall Jr. and is by the same stallion (Arch). She was probably best in her debut Feb. 20 at the Fair Grounds as she has some traffic issues and was beaten a head by today's rival Nakano. She was an impressive maiden winner at the same track 5 weeks later and has been training nicely at Keeneland for her first facing winners. Lots of room for upside and she draws a good post for this 7 furlong stakes. Naprvanik is off and Gomez is on and this filly is the top pick.

2nd pick: #8 (Temptation Bound) - Another who's going from a maiden win (at Keeneland three weeks ago), and she has a nice half-mile breeze over this surface in the slop three days ago. Daughter of "Flatter" can contend at a big price.

3rd pick: #10 (Nakano) - Speedy filly is working very fast for this after coming here from the Fair Grounds at the end of their meet. She broke her maiden in New Orleans on Feb. 20, defeating "Might" by a head and tired in a $50K-optional claimer in her first facing winners. $230,000 daughter of "First Samurai" draws a good post to use her speed from and is a contender.

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