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Hit Show Tops Field of 10 for Closing Day Hagyard Fayette

Wathnan Racing’s Hit Show, winner of the Lukas Classic (G2) at Churchill Downs in his most recent start, heads a field of 10 entered Saturday for the 67th running of the $350,000 Hagyard Fayette (G2) for 3-year-olds and up.

Scheduled for 1⅛ miles on the main track, the Hagyard Fayette will go as the eighth race on the 10-race program on closing day of the Fall Meet next Saturday. Post time for the Hagyard Fayette is 4:44 p.m. ET.

Trained by Brad Cox, Hit Show is a three-time graded stakes winner with more than $1 million in earnings. Prior to his victory in the Lukas Classic, Hit Show won the West Virginia Governor’s Stakes (G3) at Mountaineer on Aug. 4. Florent Geroux has the mount from post 8.

Coming back to challenge Hit Show from the Lukas Classic is Lucky Seven Stable’s Rattle N Roll. Trained by Kenny McPeek, Rattle N Roll was making his first start in a year in the Lukas Classic and finished third, beaten 3¾ lengths.

Winner of the Ben Ali (G3) here in 2023 and the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) in 2021, Rattle N Roll will be ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr. from post 6.

The field for the Hagyard Fayette, with trainers, riders and weights from the rail out, is:

PostHorseTrainerJockeyWeight
1TrademarkVicki OliverAxel Concepcion122 pounds
2TumbarumbaBrian LynchLuis Saez122
3Uno Mas BourbonIan WilkesFrancisco Arrieta118
4War CampaignPhil SimsTyler Gaffalione122
5BolzyDonnie K. Von HemelFrankie Dettori122
6Rattle N RollKenny McPeekBrian Hernandez Jr.122
7Heroic MoveRobertino DiodoroCristian Torres122
8Hit ShowBrad CoxFlorent Geroux124
9Grand AspenJonathan ThomasJose Ortiz122
10Howling TimeNiccolo TroianiEdgar Morales122