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Keeneland Expands Spanish Language Coverage of Fall Meet

Keeneland will debut a number of new initiatives for the 2021 Fall Meet, which opens Friday, aimed at broadening coverage and growing viewership among Spanish-speaking fans of Thoroughbred racing. Enhancements include a livestream of Fall Stars Weekend race cards in Spanish, Spanish translation of the Keeneland Race Day App as well as handicapping content and analysis in Spanish on Keeneland.com. Coverage of Keeneland's star-studded Friday, Saturday and Sunday race cards, held Oct. 8-10, will be enhanced with expert analysis and commentary from DRF en Espanol all three days. Breeders' Cup En Vivo, a series of digital handicapping shows covering Breeders' Cup Challenge races across the country produced by America's Best Racing, will take place Saturday and Sunday.

“Keeneland has seen tremendous interest in recent years from our Spanish-speaking audiences in our traditional racing content,” Keeneland Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Christa Marrillia said. “We are excited to work with our partners at the Breeders' Cup, DRF en Espanol and America's Best Racing to provide this valuable content to our Spanish-speaking fans. These outreach efforts are key to growing our fan base and strengthening our sport.”

The daily schedule for Spanish coverage of Fall Stars weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) includes:

10 a.m.–“Keeneland Hoy!,” a 45-minute preview show;
12:30 p.m.–Full race-day coverage begins with live race calls, analysis and interviews in Spanish;
Saturday at 3:45 p.m.–“Breeders' Cup En Vivo” covers the GII Thoroughbred Club of America S., GI First Lady S., GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and GI Keeneland Turf Mile S.; and
Sunday at 4:45 p.m.–“Breeders' Cup En Vivo” covers the GI Juddmonte Spinster S. and GII Castle & Key Bourbon S.

“In our continuing efforts to reach the widest audience possible with new and innovative content in the digital space, we are proud to partner with Keeneland, America's Best Racing and DRF en Español in promoting 'Breeders' Cup En Vivo' for our Challenge Series races at Keeneland,” said Justin McDonald, Breeders' Cup Senior Vice President of Marketing. “We are sure that our Spanish-language audience will enjoy the comprehensive analysis and commentary of Keeneland's Fall Star races and the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series nationwide.”

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Letruska Tops Nominees To Keeneland’s Fall Stars Weekend

St. George Stable's Letruska, a three-time Grade 1 winner in 2021, plus defending race champions Ivar (BRZ), Diamond Oops and Inthemidstofbiz are among the standouts who have been nominated to race at Keeneland during Fall Stars Weekend on Oct. 8-10, opening weekend of the 17-day Fall Meet that marks the track's 85th anniversary. First post each day of the season, which runs through Oct. 30, is 1 p.m. ET.

Featuring horses from the nation's leading owners, trainers and jockeys, Fall Stars Weekend consists of 10 stakes, nine of which are graded, worth $3.65 million. Five of those races are Grade 1 events, and nine of them are Breeders' Cup Challenge races that are “Win and You're In” contests that award the winners fees-paid berths into corresponding races for the World Championships at Del Mar on Nov. 4-5.

Click here for the lists of horses nominated to Fall Stars Weekend stakes and their past performances. Here is a look at those nominations:

Opening day, Friday, Oct. 8 – Entries taken Oct. 5

Darley Alcibiades (G1): The 70th running of the $400,000 race for 2-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on dirt is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) to be run Nov. 5.

The Darley Alcibiades attracted 39 nominees headlined by LBD Stable, Manganaro Bloodstock and David Ingordo's Tarabi and James McIngvale's homebred Runup.

Trained by Cherie DeVaux, Tarabi won her debut and in her most recent start was second in the 7-furlong Spinaway (G1) at Saratoga.

Runup, trained by Laura Wohlers, posted a 3-length victory in Monmouth's Sorority, which was contested around two turns going a mile. She has won two of three starts.

Among other nominees are Harold Lerner, AWC Stables, Nehoc Stables, Scott Akman and Paul Braverman et al's Mama Rina, trained by Kenny McPeek, and Red Oak Stable's Goddess of Fire, trained by Todd Pletcher. The fillies are the 2-3 finishers in the Pocahontas (G3) run at 1 1/16 miles at Churchill on Sept. 18.

Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2): A total of 22 sprinters have been nominated to the 169th running of the $250,000, 6-furlong test for 3-year-olds and up on dirt, which is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) to be run Nov. 6.

Topping the nominees is defending champion Diamond Oops, owned by Diamond 100 Racing Club, Amy Dunne, D.P. Racing and trainer Patrick Biancone. Six horses have won this race in consecutive years, most recently Sum of the Parts in 2012-2013.

Diamond Oops prevailed in last year's Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix by three-quarters of a length over 51-1 longshot Empire of Gold, who is nominated to the 2021 renewal for Johnny Evans and trainer Terry Eoff.

Also nominated are Lane's End Racing and Hronis Racing's Flagstaff and Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher's Special Reserve, the 1-2 finishers in this spring's Commonwealth (G3) at Keeneland.

John Sadler trains Flagstaff, who won the Churchill Downs (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day. Mike Maker trains Special Reserve, who was second in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G1) at Saratoga in his most recent start.

Wagers: $200,000 Guaranteed Pick 4 Presented by TVG.

Saturday, Oct. 9 – Entries taken Oct. 6

Keeneland Turf Mile (G1): The $750,000 test for 3-year-olds and up attracted 33 nominees for the “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) presented by PDJF to be run Nov. 6.

Topping the roster of nominees for the 36th running of the race is defending champion Ivar (BRZ).

Owned by Bonne Chance Farm and Stud R D I and trained by Paulo Lobo, Ivar has raced only once in 2021, finishing sixth when beaten 2 lengths in the Turf Classic (G1) at Churchill on Kentucky Derby Day.

Ivar closed 2020 by finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Keeneland, chasing fellow Keeneland Turf Mile nominees Order of Australia (IRE) and Lope Y Fernandez (IRE), both trained by Aidan O'Brien.

Order of Australia, who won the Breeders' Cup Mile at 73-1 odds, is owned by Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Anne Marie O'Brien. In his most recent start, Order of Australia was second in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1).

Lope Y Fernandez, owned by the partnership of Tabor, Smith and Magnier, has won one of six starts in 2021 since his third-place Breeders' Cup finish.

Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1): Two-turn stakes winners Major General and Double Thunder, both trained by Todd Pletcher, top a total of 44 nominees for the 108th running of the 1 1/16-mile dirt test for 2-year-olds.

The $500,000 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to be run Nov. 5.

WinStar Farm and Siena Farm's Major General is undefeated in his two career starts with a narrow victory in the 1 1/16-mile Iroquois (G3) in his most recent outing Sept. 18 at Churchill.

Phoenix Thoroughbreds' Double Thunder won the 1-mile Sapling at Monmouth on Sept. 5 in his most recent start. Double Thunder has won three of his four starts, including the Bashford Manor (G3) this summer at Churchill.

Pletcher, who has won the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity twice, has seven other youngsters nominated to this year's race headlined by Runhappy Hopeful (G1) runner-up Wit, owned by Repole Stable, St. Elias Stable and Gainesway Stable.

Also nominated are the 2-3 Iroquois finishers Tough to Tame, owned by Rittdiculous Gazmanian Stables and trained by Chris Davis, and Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister's Red Knobs, trained by Dale Romans.

First Lady (G1) Presented by UK HealthCare: Godolphin's homebred Althiqa (GB), winner of the Just a Game (G1) and Diana (G1) in her two ventures to North America this year, headlines a roster of 25 nominees for the 24th running of the $400,000 race for fillies and mares to be contested over a mile on the Keeneland turf course.

The First Lady is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) to be run Nov. 6.

Never worse than third in 11 career starts, Althiqa is trained by Charlie Appleby.

Trainer Chad Brown, who has saddled the First Lady winner the past three years and four times overall, has three mares nominated to this year's renewal.

Heading that trio is Juddmonte's Viadera (GB). Winner of the Ballston Spa (G2) in her most recent start, Viadera won last year's Matriarch (G1) at Del Mar.

Brown's other nominees are multiple stakes winners Regal Glory and Blowout (GB). Both are owned by Peter Brant.

Another nominee is the Estate of Harvey A. Clarke and Paul Braverman's Harvey's Lil Goil, winner of last year's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana at Keeneland. She is trained by Bill Mott.

Thoroughbred Club of America (G2): Contreras Stable and Andrew Knapczyk's Inthemidstofbiz, upset winner of the 2020 TCA, is among 23 fillies and mares nominated to the 41st running of the $250,000 sprint at 6 furlongs on dirt.

The Thoroughbred Club of America is a “Win and You're In” race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) to be run Nov. 6.

Trained by Cipriano Contreras, Inthemidstofbiz has run twice in 2021. In her most recent start, she was fourth in the Satin and Lace Stakes at Presque Isle Downs. She used that race as a prep for the 2020 TCA.

Only one horse has won the TCA in consecutive years: Excitable Lady in 1982-1983.

Other nominees include multiple graded stakes winners Bell's the One, owned by Lothenbach Stables and trained by Neil Pessin; Lloyd Madison Farms IV's Sconsin, trained by Greg Foley, and Frank Fletcher Racing Operations' Frank's Rockette, trained by Bill Mott.

Woodford (G2) Presented by TVG: Ranlo Investment's Golden Pal, winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) at Keeneland, and stablemate Campanelle (IRE), a two-time Group 1 winner owned by Stonestreet Stables, highlight a roster of 20 turf sprinters nominated to the 25th running of the $200,000 race for 3-year-olds and up going 5½ furlongs over the Keeneland grass course. Both are trained by Wesley Ward.

Golden Pal won the Quick Call (G3) at Saratoga in July and was seventh in the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe (G1) last month at York in England.

Campanelle captured the Commonwealth Cup (G1) at Royal Ascot in England in July. Last year at 2, she won the Queen Mary (G2) at Royal Ascot and the Darley Prix Morny (G1) at Deauville in France.

Trainer Brendan Walsh has two nominees: DARRS Inc.'s $1.6 million earner Extravagant Kid, winner of the Al Quoz Sprint (G1) at Meydan, and Qatar Racing Limited and RacehorseClub's The Lir Jet (IRE), winner of the Franklin-Simpson (G2) at Kentucky Downs in his U.S. debut. The Lir Jet defeated Golden Pal in the Norfolk (G2) at Royal Ascot last year.

Wagers: $400,000 Guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 4 and $300,000 Guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 5.

Sunday, Oct. 10 – Entries taken Oct. 7

Juddmonte Spinster (G1): St. George Stable's Letruska, winner of five of six starts in 2021 and the front-runner for an Eclipse Award as champion older dirt female, tops a list of 26 fillies and mares nominated to the 66th running of the 1 1/8-mile, $500,000 stakes.

The Juddmonte Spinster is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) to be run Nov. 6.

Trained by Fausto Gutierrez, Letruska has won her past four races with Grade 1 scores in the Apple Blossom, Ogden Phipps and Personal Ensign Presented by Lia Infinity.

Other nominees include multiple Grade 1 winner Shedaresthedevil. Owned by Qatar Racing, Flurry Racing Stables and Big Aut Farms, Shedaresthedevil edged Letruska by a head in the Azeri (G2) in March at Oaklawn Park. Brad Cox trains Shedaresthedevil along with Juddmonte's Bonny South, who came up a half-length shy of catching Letruska in the Personal Ensign. Bonny South won the 1 1/16-mile Baird Doubledogdare (G3) during Keeneland's 2021 Spring Meet.

Castle & Key Bourbon (G2): Phoenix Thoroughbreds' Tiz the Bomb, winner of the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile, tops a list of 52 nominees to the 31st running of the 1 1/16-mile grass test for 2-year-olds worth $200,000.

The Castle & Key Bourbon is a “Win and You're In” race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be run Nov. 5.

Trained by Kenny McPeek, Tiz the Bomb is undefeated in two grass starts.

Other notable nominees are Klaravich Stables' Portfolio Company, trained by Chad Brown, and Stuart Janney III's Limited Liability, trained by Shug McGaughey. Those two runners finished 2-3, respectively, in Saratoga's With Anticipation (G3).

Indian Summer (L) Presented by Keeneland Select: Silverton Hill's Red Danger, winner of the Global Tote Juvenile Sprint Stakes (L) at Kentucky Downs, headlines the 37 nominees to the fourth running of the $200,000 race for 2-year-olds going 5½ furlongs on the grass.

The Indian Summer is a “Win and You're In” race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) to be run Nov. 5.

Trained by Brian Lynch, Red Danger is perfect in his two grass starts.

Trainer Wesley Ward, whose filly Kimari beat males in the 2019 Indian Summer, has six fillies nominated to this year's race. They include Hat Creek Racing's stakes winner Averly Jane, Castleton Lyons' Chi Town Lady and Stonestreet Stables' Twilight Gleaming (IRE). Twilight Gleaming, second in the Queen Mary (G2) at Royal Ascot, most recently won a listed stakes in France.

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Keeneland Announces Record Stakes Purses For Fall Meet

While Keeneland celebrates its 85th anniversary during the 2021 Fall Meet in October, the track will offer a race meet record $6 million in stakes purses and an expanded stakes schedule of 22 races. The Fall Meet, which covers 17 days of racing from Oct. 8-30, will open with the signature Fall Stars Weekend, feature 10 Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” races, offer two new $150,000 stakes for 2-year-olds and reposition several stakes to create a total of six race cards with multiple stakes.

Keeneland opened Oct. 15, 1936, for a nine-day Fall Meet.

“The Keeneland Fall Meet is incredibly important, and 85 years of racing at Keeneland is a testament to the uncommon vision of our founders, who tirelessly worked to create an entity that would take a leadership role in the global Thoroughbred industry and in the Central Kentucky community,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “This summer, as we look forward to welcoming back fans and the superstars who will compete here, we feel the anticipation building for the Fall Meet and we look forward to celebrating the anniversary.”

Keeneland will release information about 2021 Fall Meet ticketing along with the timeline for purchases in early July.

All existing stakes for the 2021 Fall Meet have been restored to 2019 purse levels except for the Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3), which received a boost from $125,000 to $150,000, and the Keeneland Turf Mile (G1) and Bourbon (G2), which remain at 2020 levels of $750,000 and $200,000, respectively.

“After thoughtful review by our racing team and input from horsemen, we made adjustments to our fall stakes program that will further elevate the quality of racing throughout the meet,” Keeneland Vice President of Racing Gatewood Bell said. “We feel the lucrative purse money and expanded racing opportunities, including two new stakes for 2-year-olds, now in place will broaden Keeneland's appeal to horsemen and fans alike.”

During Fall Stars Weekend, nine stakes are included in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series Presented by America's Best Racing. Each winner receives an automatic starting position and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Nov. 5-6 World Championships at Del Mar:

· $400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) (Juvenile Fillies-G1) and $250,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2) (Sprint-G1) on Friday, Oct. 8;

· $750,000 Keeneland Turf Mile (G1) (FanDuel Mile-G1), $500,000 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1) (TVG Juvenile-G1), $400,000 First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare (G1) (Maker's Mark Filly and Mare Turf-G1) and $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) (Filly and Mare Sprint-G1) on Saturday, Oct. 9; and

· $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) (Distaff-G1), $200,000 Bourbon (G2) (Juvenile Turf-G1) and $200,000 Indian Summer (L) (Juvenile Turf Sprint-G2) on Sunday, Oct. 10.

The fifth stakes on Fall Stars Saturday, Oct. 9, is the $200,000 Woodford (G2) Presented by TVG.

On Wednesday, Oct. 13, Keeneland will present its 10th Breeders' Cup Challenge race, the $200,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G2) (Juvenile Fillies Turf-G1).

The Fall Meet's sixth Grade 1 stakes is the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana, an invitational turf race for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles, to be run Saturday, Oct. 16.

For the season, Keeneland has shifted the dates of several stakes. The first is the $150,000 Sycamore (G3), a 1½-mile turf event for 3-year-old and up, which has been moved from Thursday to Friday, Oct. 22.

To enhance the final days of the Fall Meet, Keeneland has introduced two new $150,000 juvenile stakes, the Myrtlewood and Bowman Mill; revived the Perryville and Bryan Station, both fixtures for 3-year-olds, and scheduled the Valley View (G3) and Hagyard Fayette (G2) to create multiple stakes cards:

· Joining the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run (G2) on Saturday, Oct 23 is the $150,000 Perryville, a 7-furlong race for 3-year-olds. Keeneland ran the Perryville from 1999-2009 and revived the race in 2015 and 2020 as a 6-furlong event that was part of the undercard stakes for the Breeders' Cup here.

· The $150,000 Valley View (G3) will be run Friday, Oct. 29 alongside the new $150,000 Myrtlewood for 2-year-old fillies at 6 furlongs.

· The $200,000 Hagyard Fayette (G2), for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/8 miles, resumes its traditional role as the Fall Meet's closing-day feature. Joining the Hagyard Fayette on Saturday, Oct. 30 are the $150,000 Bryan Station for 3-year-olds at 1 mile on the turf and the new $150,000 Bowman Mill for 2-year-olds at 6 furlongs.

Keeneland previously ran the Bryan Station from 1993-2009 and revived the race as a 1 1/8-mile stakes on the turf for 3-year-olds in 2015 and 2020 as part of the Breeders' Cup undercard.

Keeneland 2021 Fall Meet Stakes Schedule: Oct. 8-30

Date	Stakes	Division	Distance
Oct. 8	$400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1)*	2YO Fillies	1 1/16 Miles
Oct. 8	$250,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2)*	3YOs & Up	6 Furlongs
Oct. 9	$750,000 Keeneland Turf Mile (G1)*	3YOs & Up	1 Mile (T)
Oct. 9	$500,000 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1)*	2YOs	1 1/16 Miles
Oct. 9	$400,000 First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare (G1)*	3YOs & Up, F&M	1 Mile (T)
Oct. 9	$250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2)*	3YOs & Up, F&M	6 Furlongs
Oct. 9	$200,000 Woodford (G2) Presented by TVG	3YOs & Up	5½ Furlongs (T)
Oct. 10	$500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1)*	3YOs & Up, F&M	1 1/8 Miles
Oct. 10	$200,000 Bourbon (G2)*	2YOs	1 1/16 Miles (T)
Oct. 10	$200,000 Indian Summer (L)*	2YOs	5½ Furlongs (T)
Oct. 13	$200,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G2)*	2YO Fillies	1 1/16 Miles (T)
Oct. 15	$150,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County (G3)	3YOs & Up, F&M	5½ Furlongs (T)
Oct. 16	$500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana (G1)	3YO Fillies	1 1/8 Miles (T)
Oct. 22	$150,000 Sycamore (G3)	3YOs & Up	1½ Miles (T)
Oct. 23	$250,000 Lexus Raven Run (G2)	3YO Fillies	7 Furlongs
Oct. 23	$150,000 Perryville	3YO	7 Furlongs
Oct. 24	$150,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3)	3YOs & Up, F&M	1½ Miles (T)
Oct. 29	$150,000 Valley View (G3)	3YO Fillies	1 1/16 Miles (T)
Oct. 29	$150,000 Myrtlewood	2YO Fillies	6 Furlongs
Oct. 30	$200,000 Hagyard Fayette (G2)	3YO & Up	1 1/8 Miles
Oct. 30	$150,000 Bryan Station	3YO	1 Mile (T)
Oct. 30	$150,000 Bowman Mill	2YO	6 Furlongs

*Breeders' Cup Challenge stakes

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Three Title Defenders Headline Nominees To Keeneland’s Fall Stars Weekend

Three defending champions – Uni (GB), Bowies Hero and Engage – are among the marquee names appearing on the lists of nominees to Fall Stars Weekend on Oct. 2-4, opening weekend of Keeneland's 17-day Fall Meet that precedes the Breeders' Cup World Championships at the track. The first post each day of the Fall Meet, which runs through Oct. 24, is 1:05 p.m. ET.

Featuring horses from the nation's leading owners, trainers and jockeys, Fall Stars Weekend comprises 10 stakes, nine of which are graded, worth $3.15 million. Five of those races are Grade 1 events, and nine of them are Breeders' Cup Challenge races that are “Win and You're In” contests that award the winners fees-paid berths into corresponding races for the 37th World Championships on Nov. 6-7.

“Fall Stars Weekend traditionally showcases many Breeders' Cup-bound horses, and this year these stakes take on even greater significance as we anticipate the World Championships at Keeneland,” Keeneland Director of Racing Bob Elliston said. “We value the enthusiastic support of our horsemen and our fans during this challenging time. No doubt, this Fall Meet and Breeders' Cup will look different from previous years, but we are committed to offering the same exceptional racing fans have come to expect from Keeneland.”

Click here for the list of horses nominated to Fall Stars Weekend stakes and their past performances. Here is a look at those nominations:

Opening day, Friday, Oct. 2 – Entries taken Sept. 29

Darley Alcibiades (G1): The 69th running of the $350,000 race for 2-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on the main track is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) to be run Nov. 6.

The Darley Alcibiades attracted 32 nominees headlined by Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Swilcan Stable's Vequist. Trained by Butch Reid, Vequist rebounded from a narrow defeat in her debut at Parx to win Saratoga's Spinaway (G1) by 9½ lengths.

Another runaway Saratoga stakes winner nominated to the Darley Alcibiades is the Heider Family Stables' Thoughtfully. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Thoughtfully won the Adirondack (G2) by 5 lengths and is unbeaten in two starts.

Also among the nominees are Albaugh Family Stables' Girl Daddy, trained by Dale Romans, and Phoenix Thoroughbred's Crazy Beautiful, trained by Kenny McPeek. They are the 1-2 finishers in the Pocahontas (G3) at Churchill Downs on Sept. 3.

Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2): A total of 34 sprinters have been nominated to the 168th running of the $200,000 6-furlong test for 3-year-olds and up on the main track that serves as a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) to be run Nov. 7.

Topping the nominees is defending champion Engage, owned by Woodford Racing. Unraced since finishing fourth in last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint, Engage is one of five Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix nominees trained by Steve Asmussen.

Two of the Asmussen nominees are Grade 1 winners at Saratoga this year: Phoenix Thoroughbred III and Three Chimneys Farm's Volatile (Alfred G. Vanderbilt) and L and N Racing's Echo Town (H. Allen Jerkens Presented by Runhappy). For Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt, Asmussen also trains the undefeated Yaupon, winner of the Amsterdam (G2) in his most recent start.

Four other Grade 1 winners are among the nominees, including 2017 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix winner Whitmore. The $3 million earner, who is owned by Robert LaPenta, trainer Ron Moquett and Head of Plains Partners, Whitmore claimed his Grade 1 victory in the 2018 Forego.

Another previous Keeneland winner among the nominees is Gatsas Stable and R.A. Hill Stable's Vekoma. Trained by George Weaver, Vekoma took the 2019 Toyota Blue Grass (G2) and in his past two starts won the Runhappy Metropolitan (G1) and Runhappy Carter (G1).

Other Grade 1-winning nominees are Maggi Moss and Greg Tramontin's No Parole, winner of the Woody Stephens Presented by Claiborne Farm at Belmont for trainer Tom Amoss, and Dan Agnew, Rodney Orr, Jerry Schneider and John Xitco's Collusion Illusion, winner of the Bing Crosby at Del Mar. He is trained by Mark Glatt.

Wagers: Guaranteed Pick 4 Presented by TVG that includes the two stakes.

Saturday, Oct. 3 – Entries taken Sept. 30

Shadwell Turf Mile (G1): The $750,000 test for 3-year-olds and up attracted 28 nominees for the “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1) to be run Nov. 7.

Topping the roster of nominees for the 35th running of the Shadwell Turf Mile are the past two winners of the race in Bowies Hero and Next Shares plus recent Fourstardave (G1) winner Halladay.

Agave Racing Stable, ERJ Racing, Madaket Stables and Rockin Robin Racing Stable's Bowies Hero is trained by Phil D'Amato. In the Shadwell Turf Mile, Bowies Hero would be cutting back to a mile for the first time since a runner-up effort in the American (G3) at Santa Anita in June.

Next Shares, owned by a partnership that includes trainer Richard Baltas, was fifth in the Tourist Mile at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 7 in his most recent start. Prior to that, Next Shares had troubled starts in the Maker's Mark Mile (G1) at Keeneland and Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Santa Anita.

The respective winners of those two races, Gary Barber's War of Will and Peter Brant's Raging Bull (FR), also are nominated to the Shadwell as is Gary Barber's star mare Got Stormy, who also is nominated to the First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare (G1) and the Woodford (G2) Presented by TVG.

Harrell Ventures' Halladay scored a front-running victory in the Fourstardave for trainer Todd Pletcher, who won the 2005 Shadwell with Host (CHI).

Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1): Grade 1 winners Jackie's Warrior and Dr. Schivel top a total of 30 nominees for the 107th running of the 1 1/16-mile dirt test for 2-year-olds. The $400,000 stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1).

J. Kirk Robison's Jackie's Warrior has won all three of his starts for trainer Steve Asmussen. The colt debuted in June at Churchill and at Saratoga won the Saratoga Special (G2) and Runhappy Hopeful (G1) by daylight margins.

Red Baron's Barn, Rancho Temescal, William Branch and William Dean Reeves' Dr. Schivel delivered as the favorite in the Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1) for his second victory in four starts. Dr. Schivel now is trained by Mark Glatt.

Also among the nominees is Albaugh Family Stables' Sittin On Go. Trained by Dale Romans, Sittin On Go is perfect in two starts and took the Iroquois Presented by Ford (G3) by 2½ lengths at Churchill on Sept. 5. His sire is Brody's Cause, one of the four Breeders' Futurity winners for Romans.

First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare (G1): Robert LaPenta, Michael Dubb, Head of Plains Partners and Bethlehem Stables' Uni headlines the roster of 20 nominees for the 23rd running of the $350,000 race for fillies and mares to be contested over a mile on the Keeneland turf course. The stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) to be run Nov. 7.

Trained by Chad Brown, Uni could become the first runner to repeat in the First Lady. The champion turf female of 2019, Uni was third in her 2020 debut in the Just a Game (G1) behind other First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare nominees Newspaperofrecord (IRE) and Beau Recall (IRE) and then seventh as the favorite against males in the Fourstardave.

Got Stormy has finished in front of Uni in two of their three matchups with the one setback coming in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) that earned Uni the Eclipse Award. Trained by Mark Casse, Got Stormy recorded her first victory of 2020 in the Ladies Sprint (G3) at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 12. In her lone Keeneland start, Got Stormy finished third in the 2019 Jenny Wiley (G1).

Also nominated is Jules Iavarone, Michael Iavarone and Jerry McLanahan's Lady Prancealot (IRE), who won last year's Pin Oak Valley View (G3) at Keeneland before taking the American Oaks (G1) at Santa Anita.

Thoroughbred Club of America (G2): Grade 1 winners Mia Mischief and Bell's the One highlight a total of 17 fillies and mares nominated to the 40th running of the $200,000 dash run at 6 furlongs on the main track. The stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) to be run Nov. 7.

Stonestreet Stables' Mia Mischief, third in the TCA last year, won the 2019 Humana Distaff (G1) at Churchill and most recently finished second in the Madison (G1) at Keeneland. The millionaire is trained by Steve Asmussen.

Lothenbach Stables' Bell's the One gave trainer Neil Pessin his first Grade 1 victory when she won the Derby City Distaff Presented by Derby City Gaming at Churchill on Sept. 5. Bell's the One has two wins in four Keeneland starts, including the Lexus Raven Run (G2) last fall.

Woodford (G2) Presented by TVG: The top three finishers from July's Shakertown (G2) and the top two finishers from the TwinSpires Turf Sprint Presented by Sysco (G2) at Churchill on Sept. 4 top a roster of 33 turf sprinters nominated to the 24th running of the $150,000 race for 3-year-olds and up going 5 ½ furlongs over the Keeneland turf course.

Amy Dunne, Brenda Miley, Westrock Stables and Jean Wilkinson's Leinster prevailed in a three-horse photo in the Shakertown over Susan and Jim Hill's Totally Boss and owner-trainer Wesley Ward's Bound for Nowhere. Rusty Arnold trains Leinster and Totally Boss.

Dunne also is a part owner of Diamond Oops, who edged Extravagant Kid by a neck in the TwinSpires Turf Sprint. Diamond Oops, who is also nominated to the Shadwell Turf Mile and Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix, is trained by Patrick Biancone and also owned by Diamond 100 Racing Club, D P Racing and Biancone.

Extravagant Kid, fifth and beaten 1¼ lengths in the Shakertown, is trained by Brendan Walsh for owner DARRS.

Wagers: $400,000 Guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 4 and $300,000 Guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 5.

Sunday, Oct. 4 – Entries taken Oct. 1

Juddmonte Spinster (G1): Champions Monomoy Girl and Midnight Bisou plus Shedaresthedevil and Swiss Skydiver, the 1-2 finishers in the recent Kentucky Oaks (G1), top a list of 24 fillies and mares nominated to the 65th running of the 1 1/8-mile main track test that carries a purse of $400,000. The stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) to be run Nov. 7. In 2019, Blue Prize (ARG) won both races.

Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables' Monomoy Girl, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, won that year's Central Bank Ashland (G1) in her lone Keeneland start. Trained by Brad Cox, Monomoy Girl has won all three of her 2020 races with the most recent coming in the La Troienne Presented by Oak Grove Racing and Gaming (G1) at Churchill on Sept. 4.

Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing's Midnight Bisou, the champion older dirt female of 2019, already has earned a Breeders' Cup Distaff spot by virtue of her victory in the Fleur de Lis (G2) at Churchill in June. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Midnight Bisou never has raced at Keeneland.

Qatar Racing, Flurry Racing Stables and Big Aut Farms' Shedaresthedevil has won her past three starts highlighted by a 1½-length victory over Swiss Skydiver in the Kentucky Oaks. Trained by Brad Cox, Shedaresthedevil also would be making her Keeneland debut.

Peter Callahan's Swiss Skydiver finished second against males in the Toyota Blue Grass in her lone Keeneland start. Trained by Kenny McPeek, Swiss Skydiver has four graded stakes victories this year highlighted by the Alabama (G1).

Also among the nominees are Peter Brant's Dunbar Road, winner of the 2019 Alabama; Calumet Farm's Vexatious, who defeated Midnight Bisou in the Personal Ensign (G1) to earn a Breeders' Cup berth; and Paul and Karen Eggert's Ollie's Candy, winner of the 2019 Clement Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar.

Bourbon (G2): Three Diamonds Farm's Fire At Will, winner of the off-the-turf With Anticipation at Saratoga for trainer Mike Maker, tops a list of 40 nominees to the 30th running of the 1 1/16-mile grass test for 2-year-olds. The stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be run Nov. 6.

Also included in the nominees are the 1-2 finishers in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf (L), Legacy Ranch's Big Fish, trained by David Hofmans, and Altamira Racing Stable, CYBT and Michael Nentwig's Ebeko (IRE), trained by Peter Miller.

Indian Summer (L) Presented by Keeneland Select: Stonestreet Stables' undefeated Campanelle (IRE), already a two-time group winner in Europe, headlines the 27 nominees to the third running of the $150,000 race for 2-year-olds going 5½ furlongs on the grass. The Indian Summer is a “Win and You're In” race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) to be run Nov. 6.

Trained by Wesley Ward, Campanelle debuted May 31 at Gulfstream Park and from there went on to win the Queen Mary (G2) at Royal Ascot in England and the Darley Prix Morny (G1) at Deauville in France.

In total, Ward trains 11 Indian Summer nominees. Included in that group are Ranlo Investments' Golden Pal, winner of the Skidmore at Saratoga and runner-up in the Norfolk (G2) at Royal Ascot; Breeze Easy's Outadore, winner of the Juvenile Turf Sprint (L) at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 12; and Stonestreet's Wink, winner of the Colleen at Monmouth who was second in the Prix d'Arenberg (G3) at Longchamp in France on Sept. 3.

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