Buy TicketsGreg Besinger’s English Chunnel roared by longtime leader Yinzer at the sixteenth pole and then held off favored Cameo Performance by 1 1/4 lengths to win Wednesday afternoon’s featured $130,000 Brookstone Farm Purse for 3-year-olds and up.
Trained by Wayne Catalano and ridden by Ben Curtis, English Chunnel completed the mile and a sixteenth on a turf course rated as good in 1:43.77.
A Keeneland sales graduate, English Chunnel is a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred son of English Channel out of the Kitten’s Joy mare Interrogation.
English Chunnel rewarded his backers with payoffs of $26.90, $9.90 and $5.62. Cameo Performance, ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, paid $3.56 and $2.88 with Yinzer finishing third under Keith Asmussen and returning $10.32 to show.
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Racing continues Thursday with a 10-race program beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
Thursday is the 18th annual Make-A-Wish Day when local Thoroughbred farms and organizations
team up with Keeneland to grant wishes for children, who with their families are treated to a VIP experience complete with presenting a trophy after each of the day’s 10 races, meeting jockeys and experiencing all the excitement of the race afternoon.
Fans are encouraged to cheer on these children and support Make-A-Wish® Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana. There will be an opportunity to help make even more wishes come true by dropping donations in a dedicated location near the Keeneland Paddock and by taking part in the Silent Auction, which features equine-related items.
Keeneland will offer a Pick 6 carryover of $26,648.