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Lady Speightspeare, Gam’s Mission Headline Friday’s Valley View

Charles Fipke's undefeated Lady Speightspeare, scratched at the gate for the Oct. 16 Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana, headlines an overflow field of 14 3-year-old fillies plus two also-eligibles entered Sunday for Friday's 31st running of the Grade 3 Rubicon Valley View at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.

Slated to be run at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, the Rubicon Valley View will go as the ninth race on Friday afternoon's 10-race program with a 5:16 p.m. ET post time. First post Friday is 1 p.m.

Trained by Roger Attfield, Lady Speightspeare has won all three of her starts highlighted by a victory in last year's Grade 1 Natalma at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Emma-Jayne Wilson, who has been aboard for all of Lady Speightspeare's starts, will ride Friday and break from post 11.

The other graded stakes winner in the field is Lazy F Ranch's homebred Gam's Mission.

Trained by Cherie DeVaux, Gam's Mission returns to the races for the first time since finishing fifth in the Grade 3 Saratoga Oaks Invitational in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Prior to that, Gam's Mission was fourth in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., after winning the Grade 3 Regret at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Adam Beschizza will have the mount Friday and break from post 14.

Six other grass stakes winners in the field are Godolphin's Adventuring (Dueling Grounds Oaks), BBN Racing's Core Values (Preview Dueling Grounds Derby), Peachtree Stable's Saranya (Curtis Sampson Oaks), G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s Navratilova (Tepin), EuroLindy Syndicate's Queenship (IRE) (Navigation Stakes in Ireland) and Terry Hamilton, Gary Barber, and trainer Brian Lynch's three-time stakes winner Tobys Heart.

Also entered is Phoenix Thoroughbred III's Crazy Beautiful, a three-time graded stakes winner on dirt who won going a mile on the grass in her racing debut last year at 2 for trainer Kenny McPeek.

The field for the Rubicon Valley View, with riders and weights from the inside, is: Core Values (Rafael Bejarano, 118 pounds), Saranya (Joe Talamo, 118), Crazy Beautiful (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Tobys Heart (Joel Rosario, 118), Navratilova (Colby Hernandez, 118), Oliviaofthedesert (Corey Lanerie, 118), Adventuring (Florent Geroux, 118), Breaker of Chains (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), Arm Candy (Ricardo Santana Jr., 118), Oyster Box (James Graham, 118), Lady Speightspeare (Wilson, 118), Queenship (IRE) (Julien Leparoux, 118), Flown (Jose Ortiz, 118), Gam's Mission (Beschizza, 118). Also eligibles: Princess Theorem (Jose Ortiz, 118), Wait for Nairobi (Edgar Morales, 118).

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Crazy Beautiful Headlines Friday’s Seneca At Churchill

Phoenix Thoroughbred's three-time graded stakes winner Crazy Beautiful headlines a field of seven 3-year-old fillies that were entered in Friday's $160,000 Seneca Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The 1 1/16-mile Seneca Overnight Stakes was carded as the featured ninth race on Friday's 10-race card with a post time of 4:55 p.m. (all times Eastern). First post is 12:45 p.m.

Trained by Kenny McPeek, Crazy Beautiful has recorded three victories from six starts in her 3-year-old campaign with wins in the $300,000 Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, $200,000 Grade 2 Summertime Oaks, and $200,000 Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks. The well-traveled filly by Liam's Map has competed at seven different racetracks since she began her career July 5, 2020, at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., but she has yet to record a win at Churchill Downs. Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount from post No. 6.

The complete field for the Seneca Overnight Stakes from the rail out (with jockey and trainer): Illiogami (Julien Leparoux, Rusty Arnold); Moon Swag (Florent Geroux, Brendan Walsh); Double Dawn (Chase Miller Waylon Cundiff); Time for Glory (Colby Hernandez, Lynn Cash); Played Hard (Tyler Gaffalione, Phil Bauer); Crazy Beautiful (Hernandez, McPeek); and Oliviaofthedesert (Corey Lanerie, McPeek).

Wagering is available on www.TwinSpires.com, the official ADW of Churchill Downs Incorporated and its family of racetracks.

Next week will close out the 12-day September Meet at Churchill Downs. Thursday is the final Twilight Thursday presented by Blue Moon of the calendar year. The eight-race program has a first post of 5 p.m. and features $1 Blue Moon and select domestic beer, local food trucks, and live music from Roadie on the Plaza Stage. Friday-Sunday's racing has a first post of 12:45 p.m.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.churchilldowns.com/tickets.

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Will’s Secret Headlines Probables For Remington Park Oaks

Will's Secret, a Dallas Stewart-trained filly, headlines a field of likely runners in this year's Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, scheduled as a part of a multi-stakes day that includes the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby.

Also on that Sunday, Sept. 26, the all-time winningest horse in Remington Park history, Welder is expected to go for his 28th career win all-time and his 17th victory in Oklahoma City in the $150,000 David M. Vance Stakes.

Will's Secret, a daughter of Will Take Charge, out of the Giant's Causeway mare Girls Secret, began the year by winning the $200,000 Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., for owner Willis Horton Racing. She followed that with a victory in the Grade 3, $300,000 Honeybee Stakes, also at Oaklawn. She raced in the biggest race of the year for 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks on April 30 at Churchill Downs. Will's Secret finished a respectable third behind the top 3-year-old filly in the country – Malathaat. It was the second third-place finish for her behind that monster, also losing in the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes.

Will's Secret was bred in Kentucky by her owner. Her lifetime record is 10 starts, three wins and four thirds for $536,300 in earnings. Her trainer, Stewart, has made a name for himself by finishing second in back-to-back Kentucky Derbies with longshots. He ran second to Orb in 2013 with 34-1 shot Golden Soul and then second to California Chrome in 2014 with Commanding Curve at 37-1.

Stewart also was in charge of a string of D. Wayne Lukas world-class runners that included Horse of the Year Lady's Secret, Kentucky Derby winners Winning Colors (1988) and Thunder Gulch (1995).

Also expected to make the trip to Remington Park for the Oaks is Moon Swag, a filly by Malibu Moon, out of the Put It Back mare Yara, trained by Brendan Walsh. Moon Swag's best race this year came in the Grade 3, $200,000 Indiana Oaks at Indiana Grand racetrack. She lost by only a neck in that race, finishing well ahead of Will's Secret.

Moon Swag was bred by Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky and is owned by Brad King, Jim Cone, Scott Bryant and Stan and Suzanne Kirby. She has won two of nine starts with one second and three thirds for $163,400 earned.

Another filly confirmed for the Oaks is Crazy Beautiful, a daughter of Liam's Map, out of an Indian Charlie mare, Indian Burn. She is trained by Kenny McPeek and owned by Phoenix Thoroughbred III. She was bred in Kentucky by Carolyn Vogel. This filly has won two of her last three starts and would come in from Saratoga where she last raced in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes. She had won the Grade 2, $200,000 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita and the Grade 3, Delaware Oaks at Delaware Park. She took the Summertime Oaks by 1-3/4 lengths before blowing away a field at Delaware by six lengths. Among McPeek's superstar trainees have been Take Charge Lady, Swiss Skydiver and Harlan's Holiday. He has trained eight horses that have surpassed the $1 million mark in earnings and has conditioned horses that have won $91 million-plus in his career.

Crazy Beautiful has had 11 starts, five wins and three seconds for a bankroll of $709,865. She would be the top earner in the Remington Park Oaks should she enter.

Another with a graded stakes win on her resume expected for the Oaks is My Girl Red. Owned by Erich Brehm of Weatherford, Texas and trained by Steve Asmussen, My Girl Red won the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar as a 2-year-old in 2020.

A daughter of Texas Red from the Fusaichi Pegasus mare Morakami, My Girl Red has been searching for consistency most of 2021. She has just one win, in allowance company at Lone Star Park this summer. She started in a five-furlong sprint over the turf on the opening night of this Remington Park season, finishing last in a field of eight. The Remington Park Oaks would be just the second start on a main track, around two turns, for My Girl Red.

The Oklahoma Derby and Oaks headline a big stakes afternoon on the only Sunday scheduled during the Remington Park season. The total stakes card includes:

Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby
Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks
$150,000 David M. Vance Stakes
$100,000 Remington Green Stakes
$75,000 Ricks Memorial Stakes
$75,000 Kip Deville Stakes
$50,000 Flashy Lady Stakes
$50,000 E. L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes

Remington Park Stakes Coordinator Don Thompson says Keepinmind, Team Merchants, King Fury, Warrant and Fulsome are all possible starters for the Oklahoma Derby.

Racing continues this week with an eight-race card Thursday night and a pair of nine-race cards Friday and Saturday. First post time is 7:07 p.m. each night.

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Champion Swiss Skydiver to be Sold at Fasig-Tipton

Peter J. Callahan's reigning Eclipse champion 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil–Expo Gold, by Johannesburg) will be offered at Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale, also known as the Night of the Stars, according to a press release from trainer Kenny McPeek. Runnymede Farm will serve as agent. Swiss Skydiver is currently out of training after finishing off the board in the Aug. 28 GI Personal Ensign S.

“It's been an honor to train her over the last three years,” said McPeek. “She's sound and healthy. Her owner, Peter Callahan, and I thought she deserved a little rest from racing. She's a classy filly, a sincere pleasure. She has the heart of a true champion and gave her all. She's an exceptional horse–one of those rare horses you don't see very often.”

During her championship season, Swiss Skydiver won the GI Preakness S. in a battle over eventual Horse of the Year and GI Kentucky Derby winner Authentic (Into Mischief). The chestnut is one of only six fillies to win that jewel of the Triple Crown. At three, she also captured the GI Alabama S., GII Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Park Oaks, the GII Santa Anita Oaks, and the GIII Fantasy S. in addition to finishing second in both the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks and the GII Toyota Blue Grass S., the latter against the boys.

Swiss Skydiver began this year with a win in the GI Beholder Mile S., but finished third in the GI Apple Blossom H. behind Letruska (Super Saver) and Monomoy Girl (Taptizar). A barn quarantine changed her summer schedule, but she reemerged against males again in the GI Whitney S. and came away fourth behind Knicks Go (Paynter). She was last seen again behind Letruska in the aforementioned Personal Ensign. Overall, Swiss Skydiver has a record of 16-7-3-2 and earnings of $2,216,480.

“It's the right time to let her move into her next chapter,” said Callahan. “A once-in-a-lifetime horse, she gave me and my family everything we could have possibly dreamed of and more, the biggest thrills we've had in this business so far. I just can't say enough good things about her. We're looking forward to seeing great things from Swiss Skydiver in her next chapter.”

Also from the McPeek barn, both Crazy Beautiful (Liam's Map–Indian Burn, by Indian Charlie) and Simply Ravishing (Laoban–Four Wishes, by More Than Ready) will also be offered at The November Sale Night of the Stars. Crazy Beautiful, owned by Phoenix Thoroughbreds, is a triple graded stakes winner and Grade I-placed. Her year has included wins in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks, GII Summertime Oaks, and GIII Delaware Oaks. She was also last seen at Saratoga, finishing off the board behind Malathaat (Curlin) in the GI Alabama S.

Simply Ravishing, who campaigned in partnership for Harold Lerner LLC, Magdalena Racing, and Nehoc Stables, won the GI Darley Alcibiades S. as well as Saratoga's P. G. Johnson S. last year. Her 2021 campaign has been limited with only two starts, neither of which yielded the type of fruit seen in her 2-year-old campaign.

Crazy Beautiful will be offered at Fasig-Tipton by Denali Stud, agent, and Simply Ravishing will be offered by Gainesway, agent.

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