Churchill Downs · Thursday, May 15, 2025 · Race 5 of 8

Maiden Claiming

dirt, fastOne And One Eighth MilesPurse $35,0009 ranPost 2025-05-15 18:55:00Final time 1:51.35Pool $205,599

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
17Paved in Gold
loose 2p,held,driving
Jose Ortiz111111—1.7773A
E1 114 · LP 104
23Midnight Survivor
stalk ins,dueled place
Luis Saez5233321¾4.2971A
E1 111 · LP 104
38Kevin's Strike
stalk 3p,chsd,duel plc
Irving Moncada2322232¼5.4346A
E1 111 · LP 103
46Strategist
in bit,track 4p,evenly
Edgar Morales4444445¼37.7864A
E1 109 · LP 101
54Baobab
ins,4-5p2nd,no threat
Ben Curtis7666556¾4.1073A
E1 107 · LP 103
610Winning Song
lagged, no factor
Brian Hernandez, Jr.89998611½6.7136A
E1 89 · LP 110
72Winegold
saved ground, outrun
Julien Leparoux6888771517.8364A
E1 100 · LP 99
85Rocket Night
keen btw/stdy,3p,eased
Cristian Torres3555681811.2754A
E1 109 · LP 89
99Ghost Prince
3p,faltered,eased
Gabriel Saez97779954½44.9918A
E1 107 · LP 61

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

123456789start1/41/23/4stretchfinish3Midnight Survivor8Kevin's Strike6Strategist4Baobab10Winning Song2Winegold5Rocket Night9Ghost Prince7Paved in Gold

Fractional times

Call 123.81
Call 247.93
Call 31:11.96
Call 41:37.55
Final1:51.35

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)7$5.54—
place ($2)7$3.32—
show ($2)7$2.62—
Pick 3 ($0.50)12-5-7$92.78$70,722
place ($2)3$4.82—
show ($2)3$4.08—
Pick 4 ($0.50)3-12-5-1$896.49$141,748
show ($2)8$4.36—
Pick 5 ($0.50)2$507.12$312,167
daily double ($1)5-7$15.72$24,531
exacta ($2)7-3$26.72$128,330
superfecta ($0.10)7-3-8-6$106.98$47,718
trifecta ($0.50)7-3-8$40.71$80,098

Chart notes

PAVED IN GOLD showed the way unencumbered and a path off of the rail, then held sway from a pursuing pair while under a drive. MIDNIGHT SURVIVOR stalked along the inside, pursued under urging around the far turn, chased while aiming outside of the leader along with an outer foe in upper stretch, hung on his left lead until the furlong grounds, then was kept at bay while dueling for place and held that position. KEVIN'S STRIKE stalked in the three path, required coaxing to apply pressure outside of the leader around the far turn, chased that one through the lane while battling for place with an inner rival, but was bested. STRATEGIST pursued in the bit early on, tracked in the four path around the first turn, chased around the far turn and sustained pursuit evenly. BAOBAB raced off of the pace along the inside, then in the four to five path around the far turn and failed to threaten. WINNING SONG lagged behind into the backstretch, rejoined the rest entering the lane and failed to factor. WINEGOLD saved ground well back and got outrun. ROCKET NIGHT got keen between horses nearing the wire for the first time, steadied into the first turn, tracked in the three path into the backstretch, chased around the far turn but weakened and was eased through the lane. GHOST PRINCE raced off of the pace in the three path, lacked a response to strong urging with nine sixteenths to go, faltered around the far turn and was eased through the lane.