Keeneland race results

Resolute Racing's La Rascasse (f, 3, Authentic--Hallawallah, by Candy Ride {Arg}) lost the lead inside the final furlong to fellow first-time starter Belle (Uncle Mo), but the 6-1 chance dug down determinedly hard against the inside rail and had her head in front at the conclusion of a hot-looking maiden special weight Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. The effort was good for 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard honors. One of the first into stride from her high draw, the $750,000 Keeneland September yearling was content to chase from a three-wide...

A well-backed 2-1 on career debut, Robert Masterson and Jack Hamilton's Pinto (Nyquist)--trained by Norm Casse--found the wire a head better than the Mark Casse-conditioned Rockin Robin (Spun to Run) to keep it all in the family Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. Drawn widest in a field scratched down to seven, the $190,000 Keeneland January and $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase led early, but the 1-2 chalk was intent on making the running and took command prior to the end of the backstretch. With Pinto off the bridle to pick up approaching...

In the GI Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland on Friday, Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (r, 4, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}--Zindziswa, by Smart Strike) went gate to wire to hand trainer Chad Brown the 3,000th win of his career. The speedy turf star won on debut for trainer Andre Fabre at Saint-Cloud as a juvenile that June. A private purchase by Hubert Guy in France, the bay was unveiled under the care of Chad Brown and delivered a win less than three months later in the Aug. 29 running of the GIII With...

When the ground settled in the GIII FanDuel Limestone Stakes at Keeneland on Friday it was Slay the Day (f, 3, Into Mischief--Mind Out, by Tapit) who took home the win and set a new stakes record going 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass. The Keeneland sales graduate broke her maiden over the dirt at Churchill Downs Nov. 16 for Flying Dutchmen, then was the runner-up facing optional claimers at Gulfstream Park Jan. 3. Given two months away from the races, the Brian Lynch trainee tried sprinting on the turf...

Juddmonte's Touch of Fire (Constitution) tracked an easy pace on Fair Grounds debut Jan. 8 and kicked into high gear in the lane, putting some seven lengths on his rivals to earn 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard status. Accordingly sent off the 2-5 favorite for the Feb. 28 Black Gold Stakes in New Orleans, the homebred had things his own way on the lead, but could not quite see it out and settled for second to the promising Black Hornet (Essential Quality). Back into allowance company here as the...

East Jabip (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) belied debut odds of just over 9-1 to take a field of Gulfstream maidens gate to wire on one-mile debut Feb. 26 and was the 18-5 second choice stepping up to face winners for the first time in a first-level allowance at Keeneland on Thursday. Away alertly from gate four, the €36,000 Goffs Orby purchase prompted a strong early pace before easing into the box seat for the run down the back straight. Continuing to ride the rails into the turn, East Jabip came off...

When last seen in Grade I company at Keeneland, Hat Creek Racing's Percy's Bar (Upstart) crossed the wire an apparent open-lengths winner of the GI Darley Alcibiades S. last October, only to be demoted from the victory for causing interference and placed second. The $52,000 Keeneland September bargain was back in Lexington in Friday's opening-day feature, the GI Central Bank Ashland S., and with a rail-skimming run into the short stretch, Percy's Bar went on to an authoritative 2 1/4-length defeat of heavily favored Zany (American Pharoah). French Friction (City...

He was named in honor of a legend and Keeneland has become the latest stepping stone to creating his own. Remember Mamba (Kitten's Joy) showed all the telltale signs of inexperience late, but his turn of foot was more than enough to run down the leaders and claim the GIII UK Healthcare Transylvania Stakes on opening Friday at Keeneland. Debuted at this venue last October going long on the grass, he produced an eye-catching rally where he sailed home by 4 1/2 lengths best and earned 'TDN Rising Star, presented...

Trouble Calling (Dialed In) became the third full black-type winner for his stakes-winning dam with a narrow victory in Friday's Lafayette Stakes on opening day at Keeneland. No better than the fifth betting choice in a tight wagering affair, the Donamire homebred was content to lag towards the back of the pack as Carson Street (Street Sense) galloped them along through taxing fractions of :21.91 and :44.47. Last to make the three-furlong pole, Trouble Calling jumped into the bridle nearing the stretch, was fanned some six or seven paths wide...

Making her first start since finishing a close fourth at live odds in a single juvenile appearance at Churchill Downs last June, Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing's Where Luck Lives (Nyquist) was speedy enough to clear all of the traffic to her inside and ran home determinedly in the final furlong to make her sophomore debut a winning one Friday afternoon at Keeneland. A half-sister to Grade I winner Vahva (Gun Runner, $2,289,010), the $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga acquisition was last in, but first out and she methodically worked her way...

The Wesley Ward-owned and -trained SUSPICIONS (c, 2, Corniche--Manoag, by Nyquist) loaded the gate as the 13-10 favorite for the opening race of the Keeneland Spring meet Friday afternoon and reported home a relatively easy winner to get his freshman sire (by Quality Road) off the mark with his very first runner. Drawn one from the outside, Suspicions was beaten out of the gate by the well-backed Joe Joe Dude (Practical Joke) down on the inside, but the Ward runner quickly made up for lost time and was right alongside...

On a day many gathered with friends and family to reflect on the good fortune and blessings in their lives, AEOLIAN (f, 3, Tapit--Danzatrice {MSW & GSP, $312,145}, by Dunkirk) gave her connections a Thanksgiving Day thrill in the eighth race at Churchill Downs. The grey bobbled at the break in her unveiling Aug. 31 at Saratoga, and was a well-beaten fifth against those maidens. She returned last out Oct. 17 at Keeneland, got an extra sixteenth of a mile to work with, and ran a much-improved second to be beaten...