Buy TicketsCanadian classic winner Luster headlines the field of 11 entered Saturday for the 43rd running of the $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana to be run at Keeneland on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Owned by Gainesway Stable and Andrew Rosen and trained by Josie Carroll, Luster defeated males in the King’s Plate Aug. 15 at Woodbine to extend her win streak to three. The winner of a Keeneland allowance race on the turf April 9, the 3-year-old daughter of Knicks Go also won the Selene (G3) and the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Stella Artois before the King’s Plate.
The Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana highlights Saturday’s 10-race program as the ninth race.
The field for the QE II, with trainers, jockeys and weights from the rail out, are:
Saturday, Oct. 10 — Race 9, 5:16 p.m. — $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/8 miles (turf):
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Haute Diva | Patrick Biancone | Keith Asmussen | 121 |
| 2 | Luster | Josie Caroll | John Velazquez | 121 |
| 3 | Tam Tam | Phil Bauer | Junior Alvarado | 121 |
| 4 | Faithful Departed | Grant Forster | Jose Ortiz | 121 |
| 5 | Turner’s Charm | Brendan Walsh | Ben Curtis | 121 |
| 6 | Braida (FR) | Francis-Henri Graffard | Mickael Barzalona | 121 |
| 7 | Storm’s Wake | Brian Lynch | Tyler Gaffalione | 121 |
| 8 | Lookin At Diamond | Leonard Powell | Julien Leparoux | 121 |
| 9 | Kensington Lane (IRE) | Phil D’Amato | Joel Rosario | 121 |
| 10 | Deep Learning | Chad Brown | Flavien Prat | 121 |
| 11 | Soloist | Kenny McPeek | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 121 |