Equibase Analysis: Olympiad Poised To Upset Mandaloun In Stephen Foster

There is a seven-horse field in the Grade 2, $750,000 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The winner will earn a spot into the Breeders' Cup Classic in November. Mandaloun has earned over $2 million while winning six of 10 races. Olympiad and Last Samurai have won all four starts in 2022. Caddo River is going for his fourth straight win. Americanrevolution has won five races from eight starts. Title Ready has made over three-quarters of a million dollars.

Last Samurai is moving to the barn of Hall-of-Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas since his last race. Mandaloun won the Risen Star Stakes last year as a 3-year-old. Americanrevolution ran poorly when fourth in a non-graded stakes on June 4 at Churchill Downs. Todd Pletcher's record in graded dirt route stakes with horses making their second starts off a layoff is poor.   American Revolution finished fourth. proxy finished second in the Blame Stake last month. Olympiad finished third in BlAME Staking. The other horses in this race have run as recently as four weeks ago.