Ellis Park carryovers: $42.9K in late P5, $78.7K in 20-cent Dade Park 6 Jackpot
Ellis Park press release by publicist Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo)
HENDERSON, Ky. (Wednesday, July 30, 2025) – Ellis Park Racing & Gaming will kick off a special four-day racing weekend Friday featuring a $42,974 carryover in the Late Pick 5 and a $78,793 in the 20-cent Dade Park 6 Jackpot, leading into Kentucky Downs Preview Days Saturday and Sunday.
The extended weekend, which runs Friday through Monday, was adjusted to make up for last Sunday’s card that was canceled due to extreme heat in Henderson.
Friday’s 10-race program is highlighted by the lucrative Late Pick 5 carryover, which spans Races 6-10. The card also includes a competitive maiden special weight contest for 2-year-olds sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on turf in Race 5, two allowance contests in Races 7 and 9 and two maiden special weights in Races 8 and 10.
The stakes action begins Saturday with three turf stakes on tap, led by Carl Pollard’s homebred Mercante in the $250,000 Ky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Mile (Listed). The Arlington Stakes (Grade III) winner will square off against a deep group of turf specialists, including graded stakes winners Taking Candy, Encino, Komorebino Omoide and Steal Sunshine. The Mint Millions Turf Mile Preview, run as Race 10, caps the $3 All Turf Pick 3 sequence that also includes the $250,000 Ky Downs Preview Nashville Derby (Race 8) and the $250,000 Ky Downs Preview Ladies Turf Sprint (Race 9).
Sunday’s 10-race card is headlined by the $400,000 Pucker Up presented by AgRevolution (GIII) for 3-year-old fillies, where Destino d’Oro will face nine rivals in her return to stakes company. The Brad Cox trainee enters off a sharp last-to-first allowance victory at Churchill Downs and will be joined in the gate by stakes-placed fillies Admit and Hereforagoodtime.
Sunday’s stakes lineup also includes the $300,000 Ky Downs Preview Turf Cup (Race 7), the $250,000 Ky Downs Preview Ladies Turf Mile (Race 8) and the $250,000 Ky Downs Preview Turf Sprint (Race 10), where Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (GI) winner Nobals is set to face speedy local star Joe Shiesty.
The weekend concludes Monday with a nine-race program that includes three allowance contests in Races 4, 7 and 8, as well as maiden special weight events in Races 6 and 9.
First post for all four days is 11:50 a.m. CT.
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ACROSS THE PEA PATCH – Jockey Jaime Torres will enter Day 12 of the 25-day season on top of the jockey standings with 10 wins. Brian Hernandez Jr. and Luan Machado are tied for second with eight wins with Tyler Gaffalione looming in fourth with six victories. … Brendan Walsh has the lead in the trainer standings with seven wins, one better than Steve Asmussen and David Jacobson. One of Walsh’s clients, Godolphin, leads the owner standings with three wins. … Entries will be taken Sunday for the Aug. 10 Ellis Park Derby Day card which features six stakes contests led by the $300,000 Ellis Park Derby presented by Hallway Feeds (Listed) and $200,000 Groupie Doll (Listed).
