A rough, demanding Kentucky Derby experience can knock a young, developing horse off the rails. Society Man’s apparently put him back on track. Under a nifty ride from Corey Lanerie, whose task was made easier by the energized, organized horse beneath him, Society Man won the Grade 3, $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths over Who Dey on Sunday at Churchill Downs. A day after his Danny Gargan-trained stablemate Dornoch won the Belmont Stakes skittering along on the pace, Society Man clipped home from seventh in the Matt Winn, a race of serial early moves that shaped in favor of the right closer – Society Man. Society Man had finished second at 106-1 in the Wood Memorial, earning enough qualifying points to allow him to run 16th in the Kentucky Derby. “I almost ran this horse in the Belmont he was training so good,” Gargan said, reached by phone at Saratoga. “He worked so good here the other day.” :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  Society Man worked 20 days after his Derby shellacking, worked again June 1, and proceeded to at least run back to his Wood on Sunday, probably bettering that performance. Northern Flame went out to set the early pace in the Matt Winn, a 1 1/16-mile dirt race restricted to 3-year-olds. That didn’t last long. Who Dey, overbet as the 7-5 favorite, tracked along in third, sitting behind Northern Flame and inside West Saratoga, but coming off the clubhouse turn, his rider, Brian Hernandez, flicked his left hand and Who Dey jumped forward. After running his first quarter-mile in 24.39, Who Dey went 22.98 down the backstretch to lead the field of eight to the half-mile pole. Who Dey had barely begun to negotiate the far turn when West Saratoga was sent hard to challenge, drawing alongside Who Dey and forcing the favorite into another demanding section of the race. West Saratoga didn’t get far, but there came Rocketeer sweeping wide past the three-eighths pole to lead at the third call. Meanwhile, Lanerie kept Society Man glued to the rail, and coming into the homestretch loaded with horse, Lanerie wanted no part of waiting for an opening along the fence. He steered right, found a large gap for Society Man between Who Dey and a fading West Saratoga, and had Society Man in front just past the eighth pole. Turning in the fastest final 2 1/2 furlongs in the field, Society Man was an obvious winner even before he’d passed Rocketeer, and he coasted to the wire. Third choice, Society Man paid $14.78, running 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.33. Who Dey, who appeared to be dropping out of contention, stayed on along the rail to just hold second over Next Level, who got an outside stalking trip and ground his way to his top finishing gear in midstretch, third by a nose. Rocketeer’s run proved brief; he finished fourth. Society Man came into the Matt Winn eligible for a first-level allowance and came out of it a candidate for a couple different stakes on the East Coast, plans still to be determined, said Gargan, who was shipping Society Man back to Saratoga on Monday. Society Man is by Good Magic out of You Cheated by Colonel John and was bred by SF Bloodstock. His stablemate stole the spotlight Saturday in New York. Society Man performed a casual encore a day later in Kentucky. Leslie's Lady Overnight Stakes Short-priced Emery made short work of four foes in the $174,450 Leslie’s Lady Overnight Stakes earlier on the Sunday card. Jockey Tyler Gaffalione kept Emery wide around the turn during this six-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies, sacrificing ground loss for a clean trip on a filly favored at 4-5. Gaffalione tapped Emery with his crop a couple times at the quarter pole, but after Emery had made the lead in upper stretch, Gaffalione hand-rode her to the sixteenth pole and let Emery essentially gallop across the finish a 3 1/2-length winner. Tambo went along evenly for second, 2 3/4 lengths ahead of Legadema in a race reduced to five runners after Blue Squall and Pink Lady Lu Sha were scratched. Off a half-mile in a moderate 45.57, Emery was timed in 1:22.46 for seven furlongs on a fast track. Brad Cox trains Emery for Stonestreet Stables, which purchased the filly for $235,000 at Keeneland as a November weanling. Emery, by More than Ready out of Athena, by Street Sense, was bred by Mary Grum. Emery won her debut last summer at Saratoga, went on to the Grade 1 Frizette, where she was fourth as the even-money favorite, and returned from a winter break with a first-level allowance win at Keeneland. Sunday’s rivals as a group were only modestly better, but Emery was much better than they were. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.