Wed, 05/27/2026 - 13:46

Acorn under consideration for Percy's Bar but Monomoy Girl more likely

Barbara D. Livingston
While under consideration for the Acorn at Saratoga, Percy's Bar is likely to start next in the Monomoy Girl at Churchill Downs.

Percy’s Bar had her first work since racing in the Kentucky Oaks when she breezed a half-mile May 24 at Keeneland – but toward what end, trainer Ben Colebrook isn’t yet certain.

Colebrook said the Grade 1 Acorn on June 5 at Saratoga is under consideration, but it sounds like Percy’s Bar could instead show up in the Monomoy Girl a week later at Churchill Downs.

Percy’s Bar was disqualified from first to second as the best horse last fall in the Grade 1 Alcibiades at Keeneland, and in her first start following a tough-trip fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, she beat favored Zany in the Grade 1 Ashland, also at Keeneland, Colebrook’s home track. Sent off at 5-1 in the Oaks, Percy’s Bar endured a wide trip and checked in seventh.

“I don’t know that she fired her ‘A’ race. I do know she was not real happy running at night,” Colebrook said.

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