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Churchill Downs Stakes Advance and Claiming Crown Preview: Joseph Graded Stakes-Winning Trio Leads $300,000 Dream Supreme

Claiming Crown Saturday on November 14 featuring $1.2 Million in Purses Churchill Downs Press Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s graded stakes-winning trio of Haulin Ice, Indy Bay and Mystic Lake leads a compact field of six filly and mare sprinters entered…

By Past The Wire Staff · Past The Wire

Published: Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 4:06 AM

Key Things to Know

Churchill Downs will host the 28th Claiming Crown and the $300,000 Dream Supreme on November 14.
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. entered Haulin Ice, Indy Bay, and Mystic Lake in the six-furlong Dream Supreme.
The Claiming Crown features nine starter allowance races with a combined $1.2 million in total purses.

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Churchill Downs will host the 28th Claiming Crown on Saturday, November 14, featuring nine starter allowance races worth $1.2 million in purses. The 12-race program also showcases the 21st running of the $300,000 Dream Supreme Stakes, where trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. enters a trio of graded stakes winners including Haulin Ice, Indy Bay, and Mystic Lake.

The Claiming Crown begins in Race 4 with the $100,000 Ready's Rocket Express, headlined by Kerness K. Trained by Jamie Ness, the four-year-old gelding leads all North American Thoroughbreds with 11 wins this year and enters the race seeking his 12th consecutive victory.

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