East Avenue led every step of the way and turned back late challenges from Burnham Square and Coal Battle to win Sunday’s 28th running of the $387,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs by ...

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.

First post is 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) with the Matt Winn scheduled as Race 8 at 4:22 p.m. and the Leslie’s Lady as Race 5 at 2:45 p.m. The complete lineup for the Matt Winn: ...

MATT WINN STAKES (G3) Churchill Downs, June 8, $400,000 guaranteed, value of race $387,000, 3-year-olds, 8½ furlongs, 1:42.12 (track record, 1:40.66), track fast.

The $150,000 Grade 2 Matt Winn Stakes will put 12 3-year-olds in the gate to run 1 1/16 miles in search of valuable Kentucky Derby qualifying points as Race 10 with a post time of 5:44 p.m. EDT.

This was the second Matt Winn triumph for Godolphin and Walsh, who teamed to win the 2020 renewal with Maxfield. East Avenue is a son of Medaglia d’Oro out of the Ghostzapper mare Dance Music ...