Tiz the Bomb Tops Field of 14 for Castle & Key Bourbon

Phoenix Thoroughbred III’s Tiz the Bomb, winner of the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile in his most recent start, headlines a field of 14 2-year-olds plus two also-eligibles entered Thursday for Sunday’s 31^st running of the $200,000 Castle & Key Bourbon (G2) going 1 1/16 miles on the grass.

The Castle & Key Bourbon is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race with the winner earning a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be run Nov. 5 at Del Mar. The Castle & Key Bourbon will go as the final race on Sunday’s 10-race program with a 5:46 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by two-time race winner Kenny McPeek, Tiz the Bomb notched his first victory in his second start, a 14¼-length blowout going a mile on the dirt at Ellis Park. Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount Sunday and will exit post position 12.

Another Kentucky Downs winner who figures to attract attention is Silverton Hill’s Red Danger.

Trained by Brian Lynch, Red Danger has won two of three starts with his most recent score coming in the Global Tote Juvenile Sprint (L) going 6½ furlongs on Sept. 9. Luis Saez, who has been aboard for all three of Red Danger’s starts, has the call Sunday and will exit post position 10.

The field for the Castle & Key Bourbon, with riders and weights from the inside, is: Brit’s Wit (David Flores, 118 pounds), Stolen Base (Flavien Prat, 118), Dowagiac Chief (James Graham, 118), Martini’nmoonshine (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), Rocket One (Julien Leparoux, 118), Credibility (Edwin Gonzalez, 118), Fast N Steady (Leonel Reyes, 118), Waita Minute Hayes (Mitchell Murrill, 118), On Thin Ice (Corey Lanerie, 118), Red Danger (Saez, 118), Heaven Street (Ricardo Santana Jr., 118), Tiz the Bomb (Hernandez Jr., 120), Lucky Boss (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118), Play Action Pass (Edgard Zayas, 118). Also-Eligibles: Vivar (Florent Geroux, 118), Red Run (Santana Jr., 118).