Churchill Downs · Thursday, September 25, 2025 · Race 5 of 8

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastSix And One Half FurlongsPurse $120,00012 ranPost 2025-09-25 19:03:00Final time 1:16.99Pool $239,330

Good for all except 1,5,11

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
15Counting Stars
bmpd st,2p,3w upr,clrd
Irad Ortiz, Jr.93421—4.7782A
E1 99 · LP 129
29Fashion Designer
vied 2wd,led,no match
Florent Geroux3211243.6781A
E1 101 · LP 120
31Honfleur
off slw/veer in,6p upr
Tyler Gaffalione1108635¾9.1080A
E1 90 · LP 124
42Theoretical
btw5/8,ins-2p,stayd on
Junior Alvarado666447¾15.7670A
E1 96 · LP 120
54Lets Shance It
brk out/bump,ins,faded
Axel Concepcion41235838.5076A
E1 102 · LP 115
612My Glenda Faye
stalked 3w,yielded btw
Cristian Torres24356924.2358A
E1 98 · LP 115
76Soaring High
3pbtw,4-5p1/4,lack bid
Corey Lanerie5557710¼2.5876A
E1 96 · LP 116
88Coco Connect
step slw st,saved grnd
Edgar Morales1011881227.0577A
E1 102 · LP 108
97Jackie Blue
4p btwn, no factor
Luan Machado88109916¼17.0543A
E1 93 · LP 110
1011Funny Bunny
step slow/bmpd st,5-7p
Luis Saez119101017¼6.0153A
E1 102 · LP 108
1110Quality Ami
chsd 4w,6p btw1/4,fade
Julien Leparoux77711112011.7552A
E1 95 · LP 102
123Juno Palace
ins,wknd early,eased
Simon Camacho-Benitez1912121236¾90.5715A
E1 93 · LP 89

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

123456789101112start1/41/2stretchfinish9Fashion Designer1Honfleur2Theoretical4Lets Shance It12My Glenda Faye6Soaring High8Coco Connect7Jackie Blue11Funny Bunny10Quality Ami3Juno Palace5Counting Stars

Fractional times

Call 123.16
Call 246.65
Call 31:10.81
Final1:16.99

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)5$1.54—
place ($2)5$6.20—
show ($2)5$3.88—
Pick 3 ($0.50)6-2-5$81.88$56,092
place ($2)9$6.12—
show ($2)9$4.02—
Pick 4 ($0.50)5-6-2$623.67$96,435
show ($2)1$5.58—
Pick 5 ($0.50)7-5-6-2$889.97$316,860
daily double ($1)2-5$16.38$31,851
exacta ($2)5-9$50.48$156,029
superfecta ($0.10)5-9-1-2$99.47$50,845
trifecta ($0.50)5-9-1$60.64$76,006

Chart notes

COUNTING STARS was bumped by an inner rival and forced to check at the start, advanced between horses early on, stalked behind the top pair and from the two path into the turn, took aim outside of them in upper stretch, ranged up to bid at the furlong grounds and drew clear. FASHION DESIGNER vied two wide, led turning for home, drove clear as an outer COUNTING STARS took aim in upper stretch, but got collared by that one leaving the furlong grounds, proved no match shortly after and safely managed place. HONFLEUR broke slowly and veered inwardly at the start, laid off of the pace in the two path, shifted out to the six path for clear sailing entering upper stretch and rallied to gain show with seventy yards to go. THEORETICAL raced forwardly along the inside, checked slightly to tip two wide and between rivals to maneuver around a faltering foe at the five furlong pole, chased near the two path around the turn, stayed on into the final furlong, got outkicked late yet reclaimed fourth at the wire. LETS SHANCE IT broke outwardly and bumped a rival at the start, led narrowly from an outer foe into the turn, got headed by that one turning for home and gave way. MY GLENDA FAYE stalked three wide, chased in the four path in upper stretch and faded yielded horses in the final furlong. SOARING HIGH pursued from midpack in the three path and between horses, tipped to the four to five path into the lane, got outkicked while chasing into midstretch and lacked a bid. COCO CONNECT broke a step slow, lacked speed while tucking to the inside into the turn, then saved ground to no avail. JACKIE BLUE raced off of the pace in the four path and between horses then failed to factor. FUNNY BUNNY broke a step slow and was bumped by an inner rival at the start, raced off of the pace in the five to seven path and made little impact. QUALITY AMI bumped an outer rival at the start, chased four wide, floated to the six path and between horses into the lane and faded. JUNO PALACE prompted along the inside, but gave way with five furlongs to go, steadily faded to trail into the turn and was eased through the lane.