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Utah Beach It was excavated in Keeneland on Tuesday ahead of its Chollywood start at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
The 5-year-old son of the British Channel blew four furlongs in 50 seconds, making it faster at 39th fastest distance of 46. This was his second-time work since Grade 3 Louisville.
Utah Beach won the Louisville (G3) victory at Churchill Downs on May 17th. Before that, he captured Elkhorn (G2) at Keeneland and finished fourth in the Kentucky Cup Classic (G3) at Turfway.
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Utah Beach was one of the winners of two Grader Stakes in a work published Tuesday.
Utah Beach (English Channel), Grade 2 winner (2025 Elkhorn) worked four furlongs in 50.0 seconds at Keeneland on Tuesday morning. It was the 39th fastest of 46 works in the distance. His previous works had been to Furlongs for Five in Keeneland seven days ago. In his final start, he won at Louisville (G3) 1/2 mile on Churchill Downs’ turf for trainer Ignacio Correas on May 17th.
Taejano Twist (A practical joke), Grade 3 winner (Whitmore 2023) worked four furlongs in 50.8 seconds at Churchill Downs on Tuesday morning. It was the 12th fastest of 19 works in the distance. His previous works went to Four Furlongs at Churchill Downs seven days ago. In his final start, he finished sixth in the allowance race running 6 1/2 furlongs on the Churchill Downs main track on May 16 for trainer Chris Hartman.
