Trainer Greg Compton will try to strike twice on Churchill Downs’ Saturday stakes card with Mag Racing’s Nothing Personal in the $300,000 Grade 3 Iroquois and Embrace the Moment in the $300,000 Pocahontas (G3).

“We’re excited to be here with these two horses,” Compton said. “They were both nice maiden winners this summer and looking forward to taking a shot with them both.”

Nothing Personal, listed at 8-1 on the morning line, was a dominant 8 ¾-length maiden special weight winner on Aug. 9 at Colonial Downs while earning an 86 Brisnet Speed Rating. A son of Violence, Nothing Personal was a $270,000 purchase at the 2025 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The chestnut colt is the fourth foal out of the Wando mare Will She, who was a stakes winner in Canada.

In the Pocahontas, Embrace the Moment will attempt to score a stakes victory following her gate-to-wire maiden special weight win two weeks ago at Delaware Park. The daughter of Yaupon defeated five rivals that day by 1 ¾ lengths as the 2-5 favorite.

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Both horses will be ridden by Delaware Park’s leading rider, Jaime Rodriguez.

The Iroquois and the Pocahontas kick off the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, respectively. Each race will award qualifying points on a 10-5-3-2-1 scale.

The field for the Iroquois from the rail out;

  1. Nothing Personal (Rodriguez, Compton, 8-1)

  2. Sometime (Luan Machado, Mark Simms, 15-1)

  3. No More Cents (Irad Ortiz Jr., Kenny McPeek, 10-1)

  4. So Special (Brian Hernandez Jr., Kenny McPeek, 10-1)

  5. Spice Runner (Jose Ortiz, Steve Asmussen, 7-2)

  6. Shake and Rattle (James Graham, Keith Desormeaux, 20-1)

  7. Comport (Tyler Gaffalione, Eddie Kenneally, 6-5)

  8. Vost (Florent Geroux, Will Walden, 12-1)

  9. Nine Ball (Jaime Torres, Riley Mott, 12-1)

  10. Maximus Prime (Luis Saez, Anthony Mitchell, 12-1)

The field for the Pocahontas in order of post position:

  1. Starlit Sky (Tyler Gaffalione, George Weaver, 9-2)

  2. Miss Complicated (Julien Leparoux, Ian Wilkes, 7-2)

  3. Taken by the Wind (Irad Ortiz Jr., McPeek, 5-1)

  4. Joke Maker (Luan Machado, Rodolphe Brisset, 12-1)

  5. Our Two Girls (Brian Hernandez Jr., Kenny McPeek, 6-1)

  6. Dazzling Dame (Luis Saez, Brittany Russell, 2-1)

  7. Embrace the Moment (Rodriguez, Compton, 5-1)

Both races are also part of the Breeders’ Cup “Dirt Dozen” series, where the top three nominated finishers earn credits toward entry fees in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile or Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Friday, Oct. 31 at Del Mar.

This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Sep 12, 2025, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Paulick Report as a Preferred Source by clicking here.