Full of Run Racing II and Madaket Stables’ Alpine Princess surged by favored Eunomia passing the sixteenth pole to post a neck victory in the 31st running of the $400,000 Baird Doubledogdare (G2) for fillies and mares Friday afternoon at Keeneland.

Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Alpine Princess completed the mile and a sixteenth over a fast main track in 1:44.09. It is the second win in the race for Cox, who also won with Bonny South in 2021.

The victory was the fourth of the afternoon for Ortiz and second for Cox . Both are dominating the jockey and trainer standings of the Spring Meet.

Running Away led the field of eight through fractions of :23.47, :47.30 and 1:12.36 with Eunomia second and Alpine Princess third while getting a ground-saving trip. Entering the short stretch, Eunomia took over only to have Alpine Princess ease on by at the sixteenth pole to claim her second graded stakes victory.

A Keeneland sales graduate, Alpine Princess is a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Classic Empire out of the Curlin mare Le Moine. The victory was worth $238,700 and increased Alpine Princess’ earnings to $1,217,165 with a record of 19-7-5-4.

Alpine Princess returned $6.10, $2.84 and $2.44. Eunomia, ridden by Flavien Prat, returned $3.08 and $2.68 and finished 6½ lengths in front of Peignoir, who paid $4.16 to show under Tyler Gaffalione.

It was another 1¼ lengths back to Running Away with Ourdaydreaminggirl, Chilled, defending champion Gin Gin and Aye Candy following in order.

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Sofia Vives, winner of Canada’s Sovereign Award as outstanding apprentice in 2023 and 2024, won with her first Keeneland mount in Friday’s fifth race. 

Also a finalist for the Eclipse Award as North America’s outstanding apprentice in 2023, Vives scored on Carolyn Wilson’s Murdock in the $120,000 Foxdale allowance race for 3-year-olds and older at 5½ furlongs on the turf. Trained by Larry Rivelli, Murdock covered the distance in 1:03.87. 

Another standout Canadian-based rider, Pietro Moran – the 2025 Eclipse Award-winning apprentice – won in his Keeneland debut in the first race on the opening-day program on April 3. 

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Racing continues Saturday with an 11-race program beginning at 1 p.m. and featuring two graded stakes: the $400,000 VisitLEX Elkhorn (G2) for older horses going a mile and a half on the grass and the $350,000 Ben Ali (G3) for older horses going 1 3/16 miles on the main track.