Breeze Easy and John Oxley's Boppy O, winner of Saratoga's With Anticipation (G3) on Aug. 31, headlines a field 12 2-year-olds plus four also-eligibles entered Thursday for Sunday's 32nd running of the $350,000 Castle & Key Bourbon (G2) for 2-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the Keeneland turf course.
Scheduled as the eighth race on Sunday's 10-race program, the Castle & Key Bourbon is a “Win and You're In” race for the 16th running of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be run here Nov. 4. Post time for the Castle & Key Bourbon is 5:10 p.m. ET with first post time at 1 p.m.
Trained by Mark Casse, Boppy O made his grass debut a successful one by winning the With Anticipation. Dylan Davis, who was aboard for that victory, has the mount Sunday and will break from post position six.
Two other stakes winners are in the field: Fergus Galvin, Marc Detampel and Magnolia Racing Syndicate's Reckoning Force and Iapetus Racing and Diamond T Racing's Gigante.
Now trained by Brendan Walsh, Reckoning Force won the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile (L) on Sept. 14. Joel Rosario, who was aboard for that victory, has the mount Sunday and will break from post three.
Gigante, trained by Steve Asmussen, was a 6¾-length winner of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance's Kitten's Joy going 1 1/16 miles at Colonial Downs on Sept. 6. Vincent Cheminaud has the mount Sunday and will break from post nine.
The field for the Castle & Key Bourbon, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:
- B Minor (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118 pounds)
- Panama (GB) (Luis Saez, 118)
- Reckoning Force (Rosario, 120)
- Deer District (Martin Garcia, 118)
- Rarified Flair (Corey Lanerie, 118)
- Boppy O (Davis, 122)
- Hendrickson (Mickaelle Michel, 118)
- Accident (Isaiah Wiseman, 118)
- Gigante (Cheminaud, 120)
- Really Good (Tyler Gaffalione, 118)
- Our Dream Rye'd (Julien Leparoux, 118)
- Andthewinneris (Flavien Prat, 118)
Also-Eligible: Mendel's Secret (Gerardo Corrales, 118), General Jim (Luis Saez, 118), Zaici (David Cohen, 118), Oscar Award (Rey Gutierrez, 118).
Stonestreet Stables' filly Love Reigns (IRE) and Mike McCarty's Private Creed headline a field of 11 2-year-olds entered Thursday for the fifth running of the $250,000 Indian Summer (L) for 2-year-olds going 5½ furlongs on the Keeneland turf course.
Scheduled as the sixth race on Sunday's 10-race program, the Indian Summer is a “Win and You're In” race for the 16th running of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint to be run here Nov. 4. Post time for the Indian Summer is 3:57 p.m. ET.
Trained by Wesley Ward, who has won two runnings of the Indian Summer with fillies, Love Reigns romped to a 9¾-length victory on the grass in her debut on closing day of the Keeneland Spring Meet.
From there, Ward shipped her to Royal Ascot in England, where she finished fourth in the Queen Mary (G2) before returning stateside for a victory in the Bolton Landing at Saratoga. Paco Lopez has the mount Sunday and will break from post five.
Private Creed, trained by Steve Asmussen, won the Global Tote Juvenile Sprint (L) going 6½ furlongs on Sept. 8 at Kentucky Downs in his most recent start. Joel Rosario has the return riding assignment and will break from post 11.
The field for the Indian Summer, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:
- Revere Note (Fernando De La Cruz, 118 pounds)
- Ghent (Francisco Arrieta, 118)
- Bourbon Therapy (Luis Saez, 118)
- Kbcya Later (Dylan Davis, 118)
- Love Reigns (IRE) (Lopez, 117)
- Numero Seis (Brian Hernandez Jr., 115)
- No Nay Hudson (IRE) (John Velazquez, 118)
- Mounsieur Coco (Tyler Gaffalione, 120)
- Mo Stash (Rafael Bejarano, 118)
- Castelmola (Edgar Morales, 115)
- Private Creed (Rosario, 120)
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