At a Glance: Matt Winn Stakes Draws Five Derby Starters America's Best Racing provides a quick look at Churchill Downs' Matt Winn Stakes (G3), which includes five starters from the May 3 Kentucky ...

East Avenue is fresh off a short break in pursuit of a second consecutive graded stakes win in the Aug. 3 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort.

Closer to home, Matt Winn, founder and CEO of Dallas-based Independent Recording Arts Society (IRAS), has also dipped into AI. “I’ve experimented with it a lot lately,” Winn says.

Five weeks later in the Matt Winn Stakes, Burnham Square rebounded in a big way when earning a new career-best 107 figure, but was no match for East Avenue, who had an easy lead from start to finish.

After an even eighth-place finish in the 19-horse G1 Kentucky Derby, he resurfaced at Churchill Downs and won the G3 Matt Winn Stakes in his most recent start.

Burnham Square has raced only once since Derby Day, finishing second in the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 8.

Last out in the Matt Winn was runner-up to East Avenue, a rival he beat in the Blue Grass Stakes. 8. Goal Oriented: It's Baffert so expect some overbetting. 2.

He enters the Haskell fresh from the G3 Matt Winn on June 8 when he was beaten by a nose. “He had a couple of rough trips the last couple of times, but that’s racing.

He's only raced once since, finishing second at the Matt Winn Stakes (G3) on June 8, and Burnham Square has finished in the top three in six of eight career starts, including three victories.

Disarm ($1.4 million) won the G3 Matt Winn Stakes in 2023 and has won two of nine since, neither being stakes races.