US racing tips: Shane Ketteridge with two fancies at Churchill Downs on Saturday

Hot Beach
8.50pm Churchill Downs
1pt win

Search Results
10.26pm Churchill Downs
1pt win

The Grade 3 Pocahontas Stakes (8.50) has been won by some lovely two-year-old fillies since its inception and Ellis Park Debutante winner Hot Beach can be the next one in line.

Brian Lynch’s daughter of Omaha Beach stepped forward a good amount from her debut second when gaining some black type in the Debutante, where she stalked the pace before taking the lead at the quarter pole to win by two lengths.

She was tiring late on that day so a good step forward in fitness is expected here and she has since impressed in a 5f breeze at this course. Flavien Prat takes the ride and I am hopeful of a big run from this exciting filly.

Chad Brown’s Grade 1-winning mare Search Results has yet to visit the winner's circle in 2023, but the general feeling is that she is going to blossom towards the back end of the season and now could be the time to catch her in the $400,000 Locust Grove (10.26).

Tyler Gaffalione’s mount has been running well in defeat with form figures of 323 in top races this campaign, with two of those being at the top level.

Her second behind Clairiere in the Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park in June was an outstanding run and there’s nothing in here with that winner's class, so this is more than winnable for Search Results.

She’s a high-class filly on her day who has been kept fresh by connections with the Breeders’ Cup Distaff in mind so she can take this before lining up at Santa Anita in November.

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