A Group 1 winner in Chile, a Grade 2 winner at Santa Anita, and five Grade 3 winners are among 14, including two also-eligibles, entered for the 66th running of the $350,000 Hagyard Fayette (G2) for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles at Keeneland on Saturday.
The Fayette, which serves as the closing-day feature of the 17-day Fall Meet, will go as the ninth race on the 10-race program with a 5:16 p.m. (ET) post time.
O'Connor (CHI) has the 2022 Gran Premio Latinoamericano (G1) at the top of his 10-win resume. Now trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. for Michael and Julia Iavarone and Fernando Vine Ode, O'Connor is winless in five starts this year but is graded stakes-placed in three of those races. He most recently was fifth in the Woodward (G2) Oct. 1 at Belmont at the Big A. Tyler Gaffalione has the mount from post 9.
Also coming in from New York is Twin Creeks Racing Stable's Law Professor.
Trained by Rob Atras, Law Professor is a four-time stakes winner with his biggest victory coming in the Santa Anita Mathis Mile (G2) in 2021. He was most recently was third in the Woodward. Florent Geroux has the mount from post 8.
The Grade 3 winners in the field are Lothenbach Stables' Happy American, Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm's King Fury, Albaugh Family Stables and West Point Thoroughbreds' Giant Game, Alexandres LLC's Il Miracolo, and Gary and Mary West's Best Actor.
The field for the Fayette, with riders and weight from the rail out, is: Film Star (Jose Ortiz, 121 pounds), Happy American (James Graham, 121), King Fury (Corey Lanerie, 121), Giant Game (Joel Rosario, 121), Twilight Blue (Brian Hernandez Jr., 121), Speed Bias (Ricardo Santana Jr., 121), Il Miracolo (Luis Saez, 118), Law Professor (Florent Geroux, 121), O'Connor (CHI) (Tyler Gaffalione, 121), Trademark (Martin Garcia, 121), Dash Attack (John Velazquez, 121), Best Actor (Flavien Prat, 121). Also-Eligible: Gasoline (Saez, 121), Time for Trouble (Joe Talamo, 121).
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