13th-CD, $127k, Alw/OC ($125k), 3yo, 6 1/2f, 8:00 p.m. ETAbout an hour after the Derby goes official, a strong group of 3-year-olds are set to slug it out over 6 1/2 furlongs. Pin Oak Stud will be represented in the Run for the Roses by Albus (Yaupon) and Incredibolt (Bolt d'Oro) and the famed farm colors will be carried aboard GILDED BANDIT (Charlatan) in the evening's penultimate raced. A slow-starting fourth on Gulfstream debut Feb. 28, the $550,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad added blinkers and got just the better of Juddmonte's favored Deep Flame (Into Mischief) to graduate narrowly, earning a 93 Beyer Speed Figure and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard honors. Gilden Bandit worked in the company of his commonly owned stablemate and fellow 'Rising Star' Chief Wallabee (Constitution) back on Apr. 20.Fellow 'Rising Star' Buetane (Tiz the Law) cuts back to a sprint for the first time since finishing second to Derby entrant So Happy (Runhappy) in the GII San Vicente Stakes back in January. A $150,000 FTSAUG yearling turned $1.15-million OBS April grad, Buetane was last seen finishing well down the field behind Albus in the GII Wood Memorial Stakes.Should the top two falter, Noble Affair (Vekoma) could pick up the pieces. Having Beyered 93 in defeating Derby also-eligible Corona de Oro (Bolt d'Oro) at second asking at the Fair Grounds Jan. 24, he was outfinished in an Oaklawn optional claimer on Mar. 28. TJCIS PPs Chief Wallabee finishing five furlongs in 1:00 outside Gilded Bandit.Splits: 24.80, 36.60, 48.20 1:00/1:12-126.60 pic.twitter.com/P9XBe2xtDW— Kevin Kerstein (@HorseRacingKK) April 20, 2026 3rd-CD, $134k, Alw/OC ($80k), 3yo/up, 1m, 12:05 p.m. ETCHC Inc and WinStar Farm's JOHN HANCOCK (Constitution), a three-length first-out winner at Tampa last January, was ultra game in downing Owen Almighty (Speightstown) when trying two turns for the first time in the Sam F. Davis Stakes. The chestnut, a half-brother to Grade I-winning 3-year-old filly Speech (Mr Speaker), makes his first start since weakening to fourth as the favorite after making the running in the GII Louisiana Derby last March. TJCIS PPs14th-CD, $120k, Msw, 3yo, 7f, 8:33 p.m. ETACT OF PARLIAMENT (Quality Road) carries the Wathnan colors for this first career appearance, having failed to change hands on a bid of $135,000 at Keeneland September in 2024 before being purchased by Case Clay Thoroughbred Management for $750,000 at OBS April (under-tack breeze). The April foal is out of Fuhriously Kissed (Langfuhr), a daughter of SW & GSP French Kiss (Hussonet), who was placed in the GI Apple Blossom Handicap in 2018.Interrogator (Omaha Beach), a half-brother to two-time stakes winner She's My G em (Into Mischief), was a $260,000 purchase out of the 2024 Keeneland January Sale before improving into a $500,000 Keeneland September yearling. This is the female family of GISW My Conquestadory (Artie Schiller). TJCIS PPsThe post ‘Rising Star’ Gilded Bandit Takes The Next Step at Churchill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.