Churchill Downs · Wednesday, June 11, 2025 · Race 3 of 9

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastFive And One Half FurlongsPurse $120,0009 ranPost 2025-06-11 13:45:00Final time 1:03.99Pool $140,864

Good for all except 2,9

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/43/8stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
16Smell the Lilies
2w,long duel,lug,held
Keith Asmussen42211—2.1155A
E1 106 · LP 125
23Late Night Text
ins wnnr,long duel,mss
Luis Saez11122¼3.9851A
E1 108 · LP 124
38Best Friend
3-5p,lug in,rally,miss
Brian Hernandez, Jr.84433¼10.7843A
E1 96 · LP 124
47Go to Girl
2wbtw,alterd 1/8,wllng
Jose Ortiz3655427.9753A
E1 93 · LP 121
54Kingsolver
2-3p,brushd upr,evenly
Florent Geroux533452¾5.7045A
E1 100 · LP 120
69Hylla
off slow/bump gate,4p
Jaime Torres97666104.5821A
E1 91 · LP 107
72Rather Late
bmpd/slght chck st,ins
Reylu Gutierrez789771511.914A
E1 84 · LP 99
85Ruby Ruby
3-5p, no impact
Luan Machado6988816½20.9314A
E1 83 · LP 96
91Actual
chased inside, faded
Ben Curtis2579929¼22.193A
E1 96 · LP 78

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

123456789start1/43/8stretchfinish3Late Night Text8Best Friend7Go to Girl4Kingsolver9Hylla2Rather Late5Ruby Ruby1Actual6Smell the Lilies

Fractional times

Call 122.56
Call 245.58
Call 357.63
Final1:03.99

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)6$6.22—
place ($2)6$3.96—
show ($2)6$2.80—
exacta ($2)6-3$32.60$96,447
place ($2)3$4.22—
show ($2)3$3.68—
trifecta ($0.50)6-3-8$92.98$50,495
show ($2)8$6—
superfecta ($0.10)6-3-8-7$58.51$30,398
daily double ($1)5-6$4.38$20,687
Pick 3 ($0.50)6-5-6$188.47$53,940

Chart notes

SMELL THE LILIES prompted two wide, sparred through upper stretch, forged an advantage at the furlong grounds, required rider's correction to keep from lugging inwardly at the battle continued through the late stages and held between rivals at the wire. LATE NIGHT TEXT brushed with an outer rival and bumped an inner rival at the start, set the pace inside of the eventual winner into and around the turn, maintained an advantage whlie dueling in upper stretch, but got headed at the furlong grounds, fought on to gamely sustain the long battle late, but missed and saved place. BEST FRIEND broke a step slow, tracked from midpack in the three path, picked up stride while fanning to the five path entering the lane, lugged in and brushed an inner foe at the three sixteenths pole, yet rallied to bid outside of the top pair in the late stages but missed at the wire. GO TO GIRL raced off of the pace two wide and between horses, improved position turning for home, altered course outwardly in midstretch and ran on willingly. KINGSOLVER brushed with an inner foe leaving the gate, stalked closest to the top pair from the two path, came under urging in the two to three path around the turn, got brushed by an outer foe in upper stretch and chased evenly thereafter. HYLLA bumped the gate while off slow, raced off of the pace in the four path and failed to menace. RATHER LATE was bumped by an outer rival and checked slightly at the start, raced at the rear along the inside and made little impact. RUBY RUBY raced at the rear in the three path, swung out to the five path into the lane and made little impact. ACTUAL chased along the inside and faded.