Churchill Downs · Saturday, June 14, 2025 · Race 8 of 10

Maiden Special Weight

turf, firmOne MilePurse $120,00012 ranPost 2025-06-14 16:25:00Final time 1:36.74Pool $323,046

Good for all except 7,10,13

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
19Bembridge Ledge
press 2w,dueled,edged
Luis Saez422221—4.45132A
E1 106 · LP 105
22Running Game
ins winner,dueld,bestd
Jose Ortiz111112¾5.75140A
E1 107 · LP 105
31Hello Beauty
ins,4p1/16,gain,ms plc
Vincent Cheminaud733333¾3.33114A
E1 103 · LP 106
47Mo Expectations
brsh/stmbl st,ins,rlly
Manuel Franco107786423.21129A
E1 97 · LP 109
58Sheila's Lion
2-3p,6-8p upr,willngly
Julien Leparoux9111953¼12.7291A
E1 107 · LP 103
611Take Note of This
bmp st,2w,5p upr,evnly
Ben Curtis3665463½23.60132A
E1 99 · LP 106
710Crawford
pinched st,ins,3-6p1/8
Jaime Torres11099875½9.45114A
E1 95 · LP 107
84Star Blessing
track 2-3w,fade btw1/8
Edgar Morales5444586½24.53115A
E1 103 · LP 102
93Sun Lightning
track ins,chased,faded
Reylu Gutierrez65567910½32.5392A
E1 100 · LP 100
1012Theravada
4-3w,4p2nd,6-7pbtw upr
Brian Hernandez, Jr.29107101010¾9.60101A
E1 94 · LP 102
115Jeweled City
2w,3pbtw 2nd,no impact
Cristian Torres88810111117¾42.00124A
E1 96 · LP 98
1213Vino Bella
off slow,2p,outrun
Florent Geroux112121212122657.4185A
E1 90 · LP 94

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

123456789101112start1/41/23/4stretchfinish2Running Game1Hello Beauty7Mo Expectations8Sheila's Lion11Take Note of This10Crawford4Star Blessing3Sun Lightning12Theravada5Jeweled City13Vino Bella9Bembridge Ledge

Fractional times

Call 123.54
Call 248.00
Call 31:12.02
Call 41:24.14
Final1:36.74

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)9$0.90—
place ($2)9$6.14—
show ($2)9$4.18—
exacta ($2)9-2$69.88$220,024
place ($2)2$7.38—
show ($2)2$5.56—
trifecta ($0.50)9-2-1$78.65$115,551
show ($2)1$3.40—
superfecta ($0.10)9-2-1-7$49.42$68,696
daily double ($1)3-9$19.81$26,416
Pick 3 ($0.50)6-3-9$33.03$55,777
super high five ($1)9-2-1-7-8$30.61$5,428

Chart notes

BEMBRIDGE LEDGE broke out and brushed a foe at the start, pressed two wide, bid and vied around the far turn, sparred with the early leader through midstretch then edged ahead in the final sixteenth. RUNNING GAME set the pace as the eventual winner applied outer pressure, vied with that one around the far turn, dueled gamely through the lane, but was bested late then saved place from an outer foe at the wire. HELLO BEAUTY stalked along the inside, chased the embattled leading pair from the two to three path through upper stretch, tipped to take aim from the four path into the final sixteenth, closed in late but missed place at the wire. MO EXPECTATIONS broke a step slow, brushed with an outer rival and stumbled at the start, settled off of the pace along the inside, came under urging with a half mile to go, took the far turn in the two path, rallied between rivals into the final furlong and ran on willingly along the inside late. SHEILA'S LION brushed with an inner foe leaving the gate, got keen early on before settling well back two wide, took the far turn in the three path, swung out to the six path into the lane, picked up stride floating to the eight path in upper stretch and rallied willingly to reach a minor share at the wire. TAKE NOTE OF THIS bumped with an inner foe at the start, pursued from midpack three to two wide around the first turn, pursued in the five path into upper stretch and chased evenly. CRAWFORD was bumped between horses and pinched back at the start, saved ground well back, pursued in the three path and between horses in upper stretch, moved to the six path and failed to threaten. STAR BLESSING (IRE) tracked two wide, then from the three path around the far turn, chased in the four path in upper stretch while hanging on his left lead, changed over and faded between horses at the furlong grounds. SUN LIGHTNING tracked along the inside, chased in upper stretch and faded. THERAVADA raced off of the pace four to three wide around the first turn, improved in the four path around the far turn, but flattened out in the six to seven path and between foes in upper stretch. JEWELED CITY settled off of the pace two wide and made little impact. VINO BELLA broke slowly and was last away, trailed in the two path and got outrun.