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Gunite Ready to Fire in Saturday Night's Harrods Creek Stakes

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Gunite Ready to Fire in Saturday Night's Harrods Creek Stakes

Gunite Ready to Fire won the Harrods Creek Stakes on Saturday night.

The Harrods Creek at Churchill Downs is the second race of the $275,000 stakes program. The race is scheduled for Saturday at 9:39 p.m. (all times Eastern). The stakes-laden program also includes the Dogwood, Bourbon Trail and Seneca Overnight Stakes. Gunite, trained by Steve Asmussen, will race against Conagher for the third time. Conager won the Jerkens last time, but Gunites finished fifth. Joe Rocco Jr. will ride Con Gallagher from post 4.

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