Immersive earns victory in Fleur de Lis Stakes
Watch the full race of the 2026 Fasig-Tipton Fleur de Lis Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Video Transcript
They're in the gates, and they're off!
Good starts for both Immersive and Shred the Gnar.
The two of them step out right off the mark, and they're one-two, and they've already gone five clear of the other two.
Regaled and In Just My Heels are third and fourth, and they're eight lengths behind Immersive and Shred the Gnar, who hit the clubhouse turn head-in-head.
Immersive inside Shred the Gnar, not letting her get away, and they've now gone ten clear.
Regaled is through toward the inside into third, and Just My Heels is fourth.
Let's see the quarter, twenty-three and one.
It's a sharp tempo, and it's a match race up top.
Immersive inside and Shred the Gnar right alongside second.
So the two of them one-two down the back stretch.
Immersive with a short lead, and Shred the Gnar's not letting her get away.
Still a big break back to Regaled and In Just My Heels.
The opening half in forty-seven seconds flat.
There's four furlongs to go, and this race continues up top.
Shred the Gnar and Immersive onto the far turn.
Shred the Gnar turns up the dial on Immersive.
The two of them knocking heads round the far turn.
Shred the Gnar put a nose in front right outside the three-eighths.
Shred the Gnar the leader.
Immersive is coming under a ride, coming under a full-out ride, but is back to second now.
A clear second as Shred the Gnar starts to get away with a quarter mile to go.
Shred the Gnar rolls off the turn.
Immersive is back into second but is fighting on.
Immersive is not quite backing down on Shred the Gnar.
In fact, Immersive is coming back on Shred the Gnar.
In the meantime, Regaled is third and trying to close.
Immersive has come back.
Shred the Gnar's wilting, and Regaled is flying.
Immersive comes away with the lead.
Can Regaled catch her on the wire?
Immersive held on.
Immersive beat Regaled.
Shred the Gnar dueled into defeat back to third, and Just My Heels was fourth.
