Steve Asmussen and Brad Cox have won multiple Eclipse Awards for champion trainer. They were to square off Monday with 2-year-olds in the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga. On Wednesday, under lights much less bright, each can win an Indiana-bred stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Asmussen runs the second-time starter Castille in the $100,000 Circle City, while Cox has Gospel Music for the $100,000 Back Home Again. Both races are for 2-year-olds over six furlongs on dirt, the Back Home Again restricted to fillies. The Back Home Again goes as race 8, followed immediately by the Circle City, and while fillies at this age often are as fast as colts, the Circle City appears considerably tougher. Castille is listed at odds of 5-1 on the track’s morning line, and while his price almost certainly won’t be that high, there’s a good chance Molly’s Town is favored here. :: Bet the races with a $250 First Deposit Match + $10 Free Bet and FREE Formulator PPs! Join DRF Bets. Molly’s Town is trained by Genaro Garcia, runaway leading trainer at this Horseshoe Indianapolis meet with 65 wins entering this week’s racing. Garcia, though, is going through a mini slump, with just one winner from his last 25 starters, and in stakes races over the last two Horseshoe Indianapolis seasons he’s just 5 for 47. Molly’s Town, by Mo Town, was a sharp debut winner going five furlongs on July 19, but in a nonwinners-of-two Indiana-bred allowance on Aug. 17, the betting public preferred Goodlookinjustice. That was the wrong choice, as Molly’s Town pressed the favorite and rolled by him in upper stretch on the way to an 8 1/2-length victory that yielded a 74 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest figure this meet for an Indiana-bred 2-year-old. The official chart says Molly’s Town was “ridden out” in that race, which is only partially true. Yes, jockey Fernando de la Cruz took his foot of the gas in the final 60 yards or so, but Molly’s Town was hard-ridden to the furlong grounds. Back on less than three weeks’ rest, he could take a step back. Castille, meanwhile, can improve off a debut victory on Aug. 8. Coming from a few lengths off the pace in a 5 1/2-furlong Indiana-bred maiden, Castille swept to the lead at the head of the homestretch and was ridden more kindly than Molly’s Town, drawing off by three lengths before being quickly shut down just past the finish, the jockey saving something for this richer opportunity. The jockey was Keith Asmussen, who has ridden four winners for his father at this meet. Castille is no ordinary Indiana-bred, either. He’s by scorching-hot first-crop sire Maximus Mischief and is out of an Uncle Mo mare; William and Corinne Heiligbrodt paid $175,000 for him at auction. Cox’s filly for the Back Home Again has a similar profile, though Gospel Music wasn’t nearly as fast as Castille in her lone start. By Maclean’s Music out of a Yes It’s True mare, Gospel Music cost $140,000 at auction and campaigns for big-name connections, WinStar Farm and Siena Farm. Favored at 11-10 on Aug. 19, she drew alongside pacesetter Charged Legacy in upper stretch before appearing to tire slightly as Charged Legacy turned her back to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Gospel Music seems the more likely filly to improve Wednesday, though she’ll have to deal with Noneofyourbusiness, a very troubled second in her July 21 career debut and an easy maiden winner Aug. 21. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.