Churchill Downs · Sunday, June 21, 2026 · Race 1 of 11

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastSeven And One Half FurlongsPurse $92,0006 ranPost 2026-06-21 12:47:00Final time 1:29.90Pool $167,734

Good for all except 5

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
1DQ4Tilt a Twirl
2w,btw,came out/bmp1/8
Gabriel Saez22211—3.1873A
E1 120 · LP 119
23Rugged Love
3w-4p,bid,bmpd1/8,duel
Tyler Gaffalione33322a nose1.9471A
E1 118 · LP 119
37Flick
brk bit out,3-5p,rally
Axel Concepcion565331½5.3182A
E1 115 · LP 117
46The Hund
ins pair 3/8, faded
Luis Saez111445¼1.3673A
E1 121 · LP 112
51Reb
chsd ins,tired,left ld
Edgar Morales444559¼36.3353A
E1 117 · LP 108
65Tegatron
botherd st,show little
Adam Beschizza6566647½38.764A
E1 108 · LP 73

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

123456start1/41/2stretchfinish3Rugged Love7Flick6The Hund1Reb5Tegatron4Tilt a Twirl

Fractional times

Call 122.62
Call 245.55
Call 31:10.19
Call 41:22.87
Final1:29.90

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$5.88—
place ($2)3$3.48—
show ($2)3$2.92—
exacta ($2)3-4$23.24$98,876
place ($2)4$4.42—
show ($2)4$3.04—
trifecta ($0.50)3-4-7$24.21$46,710
show ($2)7$3.22—
superfecta ($0.10)3-4-7-6$7.44$27,094

Chart notes

TILT A TWIRL broke outwardly and bumped a foe at the start, applied mild pressure outside of the leader before bidding in the three path and along with an outer rival at the three furlong pole, forged an advantage entering the lane, vied with his outer counterpart before coming out and bumping that one at the furlong grounds, battled on and gamely clung to an advantage to the wire. RUGGED LOVE bumped with an inner foe at the start, stalked three wide, bid outside of the top pair and from the four path at the three furlong pole, vied with an inner rival into the lane and through upper stretch, got bumped and forced out by that one in midstretch, recovered to gamely sustain the duel through the final furlong but missed. FLICK broke out subtly, raced off of the pace in the three path, shifted out to the five path in upper stretch then rallied while hanging on his left lead but needed more to reel in the top pair. THE HUND showed the way along the inside, got collared by an outer pair of bidders at the three furlong pole, got headed those rivals entering the lane then faded. REB bumped with an outer foe at the start, pursued from midpack along the inside, chased around the turn, lacked a bid while hanging on his left lead then tired. TEGATRON broke a step slow and was bumped and bothered by an inner foe at the start, trailed early on but was through entering the turn and showed little. THE RIDER OF RUGGED LOVE CLAIMED FOUL AGAINST TILT A TWIRL ALLEGING INTERFERENCE IN MIDSTRETCH. FOLLOWING THE OJBECTION, AS WELL AS A STEWARDS' INQUIRY REVIEWING THE SAME MATTER, TILT A TWIRL WAS DISQUALIFIED AND PLACED SECOND.