Mark Dobbin’s Imaginationthelady, winner of the Jessamine (G2) Presented by Keeneland Sales, tops a field of 11 3-year-old fillies entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 38th running of the $500,000 Appalachian (G2) Presented by Japan Racing Association going a mile on the turf. 

The Appalachian Presented by Japan Racing Association will go as the afternoon’s eighth race with a 4:44 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by Brendan Walsh, Imaginationthelady finished fourth of 12 in the John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Del Mar to close her 2025 campaign. Tyler Gaffalione has the mount Saturday from post 10.

Walsh also will send out Emcee Stable’s Lion Lake (IRE), winner of the Herecomesthebride (G3) at Gulfstream Park in her most recent start. John Velazquez has the mount from post 8.

Field for the $500,000 Appalachian (G2) Presented by Japan Racing Association, 
3-year-old fillies, 1 mile (turf), Race 8, 4:44 p.m.