Last call for the 1/ST BET Kentucky Downs meet in 2026 comes Wednesday with another loaded turf card in terms of stakes and entries. The $750,000 Bowling Green Gold Cup at 2-1/16 miles tests stayers in Race 10, followed by the $750,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile in Race 11 and the Grade 3 $2 million Dueling Grounds Oaks featured in Race 12. The 14-race lineup gets underway at 12:30 pm ET.

The 1/ST BET and Xpressbet daily $3,000 Exacta-Thon continues. Be sure to register for your chance at the bonus cash with winning exactas ($2 minimum) in at least 3 of races.

Kentucky Downs Race 11 | 6:17 pm ET
#4 Otherworldly (12-1 morning line) merits big-time respect for trainer Joseph O’Brien despite maiden status back home in Ireland through 3 starts. This outfit has won with both 2-year-old mile stakes starters sent to Kentucky Downs, including similar 0-3 maiden Reckoning Force, who won this race in 2022, as well as the 1-for-3 prior Citrus Springs, heroine of last week’s Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies over this same trip for the gals. Barn also sends out #11 One Number, but Johnny V riding here vs. Ben Curtis there, indicates they might prefer Otherworldly. The Euros have been superb in stakes this meet.

Exacta-Thon Play: Key-box 4 with 11,12,5,8.

Kentucky Downs Race 12 | 6:49 pm ET
#1 Bless Her (15-1 morning line) lost ground last out at Saratoga and gets to save all the real estate here with a short run into the first turn at 1-5/16 miles. Twirling Candy offspring relish this turf course and she doesn’t need to move up much to match her Keeneland and Saratoga tries behind Kentucky Belle, who is 3-1 morning line favorite. Graham Motion’s stakes shippers have been on point mostly this summer and worth a look in the win pool and exactas.

Exacta-Thon Play: Key-box 1 with 6,7,8,9,11.