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Emollient Cruises to Nine-Length Victory in Central Bank Ashland

LEXINGTON, KY (April 6, 2013) – Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Emollient overcame the outside No. 13 post position and cruised to a front-running nine-length victory over Tuttipaesi (IRE) in the 76th running of the $500,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1) before a sun-drenched crowd of 32,564 on Saturday at Keeneland. The attendance is the sixth highest all-time mark in track history.

$500,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) - Quotes

Rodolphe Brisset (assistant to Bill Mott, winning trainer of Emollient)

“The whole team always really, really liked this filly. She’s been good to us and that race (her fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks on March 30) was just a bad race – it’s horse racing. We took a shot today.”

On whether he knew Emollient would turn in such an impressive performance

Overflow Field of Fillies Entered for Saturday’s Central Bank Ashland

LEXINGTON, KY (April 3, 2013) – John Oxley’s Grade 1 winner Spring in the Air will face 13 rivals Saturday in the 76th running of the $500,000 Central Bank Ashland, a Grade 1 event for three-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Keeneland.

Champion Beholder Tops 134 Nominees to Central Bank Ashland

LEXINGTON, KY (March 11, 2013) – A total of 134 fillies, led by champion Beholder, have been nominated to Keeneland’s $500,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1), scheduled for Saturday, April 6. The total number of fillies nominated during the early closing period represents a 67 percent increase over 2012.