Multiple Grade 2 winner BENDING STRINGS (American Chance), Turfway Breeders’
Cup S. (G3) heroine MISS FORTUNATE (Deputy Minister) and six-time stakes queen
SAVORTHETIME (Gilded Time) are all top contenders for Sunday’s $150,000 Chilukki
H. (G2) at Churchill Downs. The latter two will carry top weight of 121 pounds in
the one-mile, one-turn main track event along with MY RO (Dixieland Band),
PROSPECTIVE SAINT (Saint Ballado), TEMPUS FUGIT (Alphabet Soup) and PLUMLAKE
LADY (Carson City).
My Ro, winner of the Lazer Show H. earlier this year under the Twin Spires,
drew the rail with Mike Smith. To their immediate outside are JOURNEY FEVER
(Gold Fever), John McKee, 119; Prospective Saint, Eddie Castro; Bending Strings,
Robby Albarado, 117; Tempus Fugit, Jesus Castanon; Savorthetime, Shaun Bridgmohan;
Plumlake Lady, Orlando Mojica; Miss Fortunate, Larry Melancon; BEAUTIFUL BETS
(Alphabet Soup), Rafael Bejarano, 117; KRISTY BEETHOVEN (Kris S.), Corey Lanerie,
119; and TAPPIN FOR GOLD (Pleasant Tap), Mark Guidry, 119.