The race includes a wild card in Robert Baker and William Mack's Pegasus Wind, who will make his racing debut for trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

The six-furlong Bashford Manor is co-featured with the $100,000-added Debutante (gr. III) on an 11-race program. The Bashford Manor is scheduled as the day's 10th race, while the Debutante will be run as the 8th race. Post time for the first race is 1:15 p.m. (EDT).

Michael Tabor's Circular Quay (pronounced "kee"), the morning line favorite at 2-1, is a son of Tabor's 1995 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Thunder Gulch  . He romped to a 6 ¼-length victory in his racing debut at Churchill Downs and will be ridden in the Bashford Manor by Rafael Bejarano.

Al Gold's Chace City (3-1), a son of Carson City bred by Hermitage Farm in Goshen, Ky., launched his career for Asmussen with a victory in a Kentucky Derby Day maiden race. Next he traveled to Toronto's Woodbine, where he romped to a 5 ¼-length victory in the five-furlong Victoria Stakes.

Shaun Bridgmohan will ride Chace City, who will attempt to give Asmussen his second victory in the Bashford Manor.

Pegasus Wind (5-1), a son of 2000 Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus  , is the only first-time starter in the field for the Bashford Manor. Lukas, who has won the race a record five times, hands the reins to apprentice Julien Leparoux.

Other contenders include Patricia Blass' Run Alex Run (5-2) and Willmott Stable's Shermanesque (8-1), both impressive winners in their lone career starts.