Gun Runner, the Three Chimneys sensation whose yearlings topped the first four days of the ongoing Keeneland September sale, showed once again why he's in such demand as Spice Runner (c, 2, Gun Runner–Simple Surprise, by Cowboy Cal) captured the GIII Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs Saturday. The one-turn, one-mile Iroquois awards the first points of the 2025-26 season to the 2026 GI Kentucky Derby on a 10-5-3-2-1 scale.A Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC homebred, Spice Runner sat well behind pacesetters Comport (Collected) and No More Cents (Goldencents) through :22.69 and :46.06 fractions before looking for a way through on the turn. He found it as Comport kicked clear. Weaving down the stretch and swapping to his wrong lead, Spice Runner reeled in Comport in a perfectly timed Jose Ortiz ride, just catching him by a head at the wire. Vost (Instagrand) finished third.A debut winner at Churchill May 23 before finishing off the board in the June 29 Bashford Manor Stakes, Spice Runner was second behind Comport in Ellis Park's Aug. 10 Juvenile Stakes.O/B Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC; T-Steve Asmussen; J-Jose Ortiz.Spice Runner is on the Road to the Kentucky Derby! https://t.co/JY0vEeEgMb— Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) September 13, 2025The post Green but Good: Gun Runner’s Spice Runner Gets First Derby Points in Iroquois appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.