By Here are the results of the graded stakes races at Churchill today. They were mostly chalk heavy, except the Oaks, which was a complete fiasco due to the lack of disqualification by the winner, #7 Shedaresthedevil. The program had the exacta in the 9th (Turf Program), a winner with the top selection in the 10th, a winner with the second selection by very small margin in the 11th and a winner with the 3rd selection in the 13th (Turf Program). For the 13th, the Grey 4.1 version had #1 Diamond Ops, who won, as a second selection due to the fact that he most recently had run on dirt and had two and three races back the highest final speed figures in the entire field, which increased its win probability relative to the turf result. In the Oaks in the 12th, the stewards missed the disqualification of #7 Shedaresthedevil, with Florent Geroux first bumping and then cutting off the odds favorite #5 Gamine toward the inside by steering his horse from the five to the three path halfway down the stretch. This caused Gamine to weaken, who as a fillie and not a bumper car, wanted no part of any more contact. By comparison, Maximum Security was disqualified for probably less in last year’s Kentucky Derby for cutting off War of Will around the far turn.
Race 9 — $300K Edgewood Stakes
Race 10 — $400K Alysheba Stakes
Race 11 — $500K Troienne Stakes
Race 13 —$250K Turf Sprint Stakes
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