Churchill Downs has an exciting day in horse racing this Saturday with a number of action- packed events. The featured Grade 3 Chilukki Stakes is open to fillies and mares three years and older. The race is held over one mile on dirt and the event has a prize purse of $300,000.
2022 Chilukki Stakes Predictions
When: Saturday, November 19th 2022
Where: Churchill Downs
Coach is the leading favorite with a Horse Racing Nation rating of 5.46 in the probable field. Mariah’s Princess and Liberty M D are legitimate contenders for the crown with their high ratings. My run for the money in the Chilukki Stakes will include all three fillies and mares.
Win: Coach
Trained by Brad Cox, the four-year filly is bred in Kentucky and races for Kueber Racing, LLC. Her last time out, Coach place second in the Twixt Stakes at Laurel Park on Oct. 1. Battle Bling was the winner and Jilted Bride finished third. The race was 1 1/16 miles over dirt.
Sired by Commissioner, she raced at Churchill Downs and Oaklawn Park over the past two years. Early this season, Coach took first place in the ungraded Pippin Stakes at Oaklawn. She completed the mile on dirt in 1:37.58 over Miss Bigly and W W Fitzy. She has taken first, second or third in nine of 12 races since August of 2020.
Place: Mariah’s Princess
This Kentucky-bred four-year old filly has raced for Rigney Racing, LLC. She is trained by Philip Bauer. Mariah’s Princess has raced at Churchill Downs and Keeneland Race Track in Kentucky. She also raced at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas and Fair Grounds in Louisiana.
Mariah’s Princess has raced in the money in five of the last six events. She placed second in Keeneland earlier in the current season on Oct. 29. Sired by Ghostzapper, Mariah’s Princess was first or second in the last two races over a mile.
Show: Liberty M D
The five-year old mare is another horse bred in Kentucky and she races for CHP Racing. Trained by Ian Wilkes, she is familiar with Churchill Downs and Keeneland for Kentucky. Liberty M D has also raced at Saratoga in New York and Gulfstream Park in Florida.
She finished seventh in the Grade 2 Thoroughbred Club of America at Keeneland on Oct. 8 after placing first, second or third in a number of allowance races this year. Sired by Constitution, Liberty M D steps up to a mile in the Chilukki Stakes after a number of sprints on dirt.