'Just An Amazing Animal': Beverly Park Eyes 13th Win Of Year In Claiming Crown

Beverly Park is the 5-year-old horse that the Claiming Crown is meant to showcase. Beverly Park will run in the $100,000 Claimed Crown Ready's Rocket Express in Saturday's eighth race at Churchill Downs.

Beverly Park has won 12 races in 2022, the most in North America. Beverly Park is 22-6-4 in 42 starts, earning $490,930. The horse's trainer, Norman L. Cash, claims Beverly on August 5, 2021, out of a non-winners of three race with a $12,500 claiming tag. The Ready's Rocket Express is one of eight Claiming Crown races at Churchill Downs for the first time. It's for horses that have run for a claiming price of $8,000 or cheaper at any time in their career. They are staged as big-money starter-allowance races rather than stakes.

Beverly Park is the 7-2 favorite in the Ready's Rocket Express. The field also includes Silver Moon Road, Powerfully Built and Joyful Heart. Beverly Park beat Joyfully Heart in July. Cash is repairing roofs. He hopes to win the Claiming Crown.