Churchill Downs · Friday, May 8, 2026 · Race 7 of 9

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $92,0009 ranPost 2026-05-08 15:51:00Final time 1:10.07Pool $233,024

Good for all except 5

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
1DQ4Eleos
ins,duel,duck out late
Axel Concepcion12111—10.6679A
E1 115 · LP 118
26Chairmanoftheboard
2p,bid 2w,duel,botherd
Edgar Morales34422½5.6878A
E1 110 · LP 121
39Tilt a Twirl
prs 3w,chs 5p,stdy lat
Gabriel Saez6334330.9377A
E1 111 · LP 115
47Sparked
vied 2w,yieldd btw upr
Danny Sheehy212343¾19.9063A
E1 115 · LP 112
52Itchy
stdy ins 1/2,3p,no bid
Rafael Bejarano556559½14.5157A
E1 108 · LP 109
68Captain Mercury
3-4p,5p1/4,no menace
Manuel Gutierrez7656610½5.4270A
E1 107 · LP 104
73Cerberus
2p, tired
Tyler Gaffalione877771410.4151A
E1 97 · LP 111
81Knicks N Stones
outrun
Luan Machado4998820¾45.1536A
E1 87 · LP 108
95Bandstand
off slow,3p,eased
Luis Saez9889928¼11.1433A
E1 88 · LP 92

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

123456789start1/41/2stretchfinish6Chairmanoftheboard9Tilt a Twirl7Sparked2Itchy8Captain Mercury3Cerberus1Knicks N Stones5Bandstand4Eleos

Fractional times

Call 122.42
Call 245.11
Call 357.21
Final1:10.07

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)6$3.36—
place ($2)6$7.06—
show ($2)6$4.34—
exacta ($2)6-4$46.74$160,025
place ($2)4$7.34—
show ($2)4$4.02—
trifecta ($0.50)6-4-9$5.66$76,740
show ($2)9$2.48—
superfecta ($0.10)6-4-9-7$69.02$39,116
daily double ($1)3-6$25.72$33,032
Pick 3 ($0.50)6-3-6$22.50$36,366
Pick 5 ($0.50)7-8-6-3-6$40.82$64,151

Chart notes

ELEOS vied for the lead with an outer rival, shook free of that one in upper stretch, drifted out briefly while getting collared by an outer bidder at the furlong grounds, leaned again causing his rider to lose balance in the final sixteenth, ducked out upon his rider's recovery and severely bothered his outer counterpart late then held. CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD stalked from the two path, ranged up to bid outside of the leader at the furlong grounds, got floated out briefly leaving that station, dueled neck-and-neck into the final sixteenth, but was bumped, bothered and forced outwardly by his inner counterpart late and was denied. TILT A TWIRL broke outwardly, pressed three wide, got outkicked and floated out to the five path in upper stetch, yet ran on to secure show before steadying behind the troubled leaders late. SPARKED broke a bit outwardly, vied two wide then yielded in the three to four path and between horses in upper stretch. ITCHY chased along the inside, steadied subtly passing the half mile pole, shifted to the three path into the turn then lacked a bid. CAPTAIN MERCURY was floated out by an inner foe at the start, tracked from the three to four path, fanned five wide into the lane and failed to menace. CERBERUS raced off of the pace in the two path then tired. KNICKS N STONES trailed near the two path and got outrun. BANDSTAND broke slowly, lacked speed in the three path then was eased through the lane. THE RIDER OF CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD CLAIMED FOUL AGAINST ELEOS ALLEGING INTERFERENCE IN DEEP STRETCHH. FOLLOWING THE OBJECTION, AS WELL AS A STEWARDS' INQUIRY, ELEOS WAS DISQUALIFIED AND PLACED SECOND.