Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Echo Zulu Returns in Saturday's G3 Dogwood Stakes

Echo Zulu returns in Saturday's G3 Dogwood Stakes.

Echo Zulu is the favorite in Saturday's $275,000 Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs. It's her first start since finishing fourth in this year's Longines Kentucky Oaks. She's a three-time Grade I-winning filly. Her stablemate Wicked Halo is a multiple Grade II winner. Tyler Gaffalione will ride her from post No. 7. The Dog Wood is part of a stakes quartet for the Downs After Dark program. The first of 11 races starts at 6 p.m. (all times Eastern) and the DogWood goes as Race 9 at 10:11 p.,m., followed by the Bourbon Trail, Harrods Creek and Seneca Overnight Stake.