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Micheline Faces La Lune In Sunday’s Dowager

Alex Frost's La Lune (GB), runner-up in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon (L) in her U.S. debut last month, heads a field of 10 fillies and mares entered Thursday for Sunday's 30th running of the $150,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) going 1½ miles on the turf at Keeneland.

The Rood & Riddle Dowager is scheduled as the seventh race on Sunday's nine-race program with a 4:12 p.m. ET post time. First post Sunday is 1 p.m.

Trained by Edward Vaughan, La Lune was a Group 3 winner in England three starts back going the Rood & Riddle Dowager distance. Adam Beschizza, who was aboard in her U.S. debut, has the call Sunday and will break from post four.

Chief among her rivals is Godolphin's Micheline, trained by Mike Stidham.

Runner-up in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana last year, Micheline has won one of five starts in 2021 with that victory coming in the Hillsborough (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs in March. Florent Geroux has the mount Sunday from post six.

The field for the Rood & Riddle Dowager, with riders and weights from the inside, is:

  1. English Affair (James Graham, 121 pounds)
  2. I Hear You (Ricardo Santana Jr., 121)
  3. Summer in Saratoga (Corey Lanerie, 121)
  4. La Lune (GB) (Beschizza, 123)
  5. Luck Money (Joel Rosario, 121)
  6. Micheline (Geroux, 121)
  7. Eesha My Flower (Brian Hernandez Jr., 121)
  8. Kelsey's Cross (Alex Achard, 121)
  9. Key Biscayne (Tyler Gaffalione, 121)
  10. Viburnum (Reylu Gutierrez, 118)

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Family Way Finds Winner’s Circle In Ladies Marathon At Kentucky Downs

Family Way and Tyler Gaffalione stalked the pace throughout the 1 5/16-mile Ladies Marathon at Kentucky Downs, went wide on the final turn, and then split horses in the stretch to take the last stakes race at the Franklin, Ky., track's 2021 meet. La Lune was second and Big Blue Nation third.

Breaking from post seven, Family Way was away fastest, giving way to Stand Tall early and settling in behind horses. Stand Tall held the lead on the backside, with Blame Debbie in second and Big Blue Nation third. Going down the hill, Blame Debbie took over, with Stand Tall shuffling back to third, just ahead of Family Way.

Blame Debbie held her lead around the race's final turn into the stretch, but soon gave way to Big Blue Nation as Family Way split horses at the top of the stretch to find running room on the outside of Blame Debbie. Big Blue Nation tried to hold off a surging Family Way, but the filly caught her at race's end, hitting the wire a neck in front with La Lune surging past Big Blue Nation to take second. Favorite Luck Money was fourth.

The final time for the 1 5/16 miles was 2:07.83. Find this race's chart here.

Family Way paid $13.20, $6.80, and $4.80. La Lune paid $8.60 and $5.40. Big Blue Nation paid $3.60.

Bred in Kentucky by Diamond Creek Farm, Family Way is a 4-year-old filly by Uncle Mo out of the Giant's Causeway mare Susie's Baby. She is owned by Hunter Valley Farm, Debra O'Connor, and Marc Detampel, and trained by Brendan Walsh. Consigned by Godolphin, she was sold to Fergus Galvin, agent, for $181,818 at the 2020 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale. With her win in the Ladies Marathon, Family Way has two wins in five starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of four wins in 11 starts for career earnings of $441,543.

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