by Mike Wandishin, publicity director, Bluegrass Downs

Paducah, KY — My Shiyen, an 8-year-old daughter of American Ideal, heads the Friday night (June 15) Bluegrass Downs card.

My Shiyen goes for win 19 and has earned $176,277 lifetime. She is trained and owned by Harley Emerson and will be driven by Randy Crisler. She starts from post four.

She faces a solid field of six including Seek The Dragon (Mickey Pryor), a shipper from Hoosier Park who drew the one post; post two, Leenah Pearl (Randal Jerrell), who closed well in her 2018 debut; Gee Whiz (Jamaal Denson), post three, who has grabbed a check in all three 2018 starts; River Runs Thru It (Wyatt Avenatti), post five, a class dropper in her fourth start of the season; and Big Harry Deal (Keisean Wilson), post six, who has shown good efforts in his last two versus similar.

Post time for the card is 6 p.m. (CDT).