Keeneland · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · Race 1 of 8

Maiden Claiming

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $65,0009 ranPost 2026-10-21 13:02:00Final time 1:11.34Pool $127,500

Good for all except 6

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
13Pop and Locke
brush st,3p,ran on,up
T Gaffalione64321—1.1536A
E1 102 · LP 126
27Midnight Burst
ins,cleard,tired,naild
B Curtis31112a nose12.7236A
E1 107 · LP 120
39Flanker
press winner,lastd shw
G Corrales222334¼10.0233A
E1 104 · LP 118
48Night Knight
4wd,mildly,missed show
L Machado155544¾3.6457A
E1 99 · LP 121
54Nickyb
brush start,ins,no bid
B J Hernandez, Jr.4344562.9629A
E1 102 · LP 116
66Mandalay
off slow/stutterd step
A Concepcion7666610¼21.7722A
E1 90 · LP 114
75Ghost Wish
urged early,show lttle
A Espinoza5777718¼18.5410A
E1 87 · LP 113
—1Black Jacket CrazyJ L Ortiz————————
—2Magical MikelI Ortiz, Jr.————————

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

1234567start1/41/2stretchfinish7Midnight Burst9Flanker8Night Knight4Nickyb6Mandalay5Ghost Wish3Pop and Locke

Fractional times

Call 122.88
Call 246.60
Call 358.50
Final1:11.34

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$4.30—
place ($2)3$2.92—
show ($2)3$2.42—
exacta ($1)3-7$20.19$81,706
place ($2)7$8.44—
show ($2)7$4.88—
superfecta ($0.10)3-7-9-8$39.13$22,353
show ($2)9$5.40—
trifecta ($0.50)3-7-9$74.85$46,678

Chart notes

POP AND LOCKE brushed with an outer at the start, moved out to stalk from the three path into the turn, chased the clearing leader turning for home, ran on to close in on that tiring rival in the final sixteenth and reeled him in at the wire. MIDNIGHT BURST snagged the stall door upon leaving the gate, set the pace along the inside, drew clear of an outer presser passing the five sixteenths pole, maintained a clear margin through midstretch but tired in the final furlong and got nailed at the wire. FLANKER pressed the eventual winner from the three to two path while coming under urging into the turn, failed to sustain pressure and proved no match for the leader passing the five sixteenths pole, got outkicked for place by an outer rival in upper stretch then lasted for show late. NIGHT KNIGHT pursued from midpack four wide then stayed on mildly to miss show. NICKYB brushed with an inner rival at the start, tracked along the inside and lacked a bid. MANDALAY broke slowly then stuttered a step at the start, raced off of the pace in the two path, swung out to the five path entering the lane and failed to factor. GHOST WISH lacked a response to urging and dropped back early on, lagged behind along the inside into the turn and showed little.