David E. Miller’s Insightful Miss split rivals inside the eighth pole to lead a group of longshots home in Wednesday’s featured $130,000 Ballyrankin Purse for fillies and mares at Keeneland. (Click here for a video of the race.)

Trained by Jason Cook and ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Insightful Miss won the 5 1/2-furlong turf race by 2 lengths over 88-1 longshot Storm Cloud Rising with the 27-1 Come to Mama third. Insightful Miss, 8-1 in the field of 11, won on a firm turf course in 1:03.01.

Insightful Miss, a 6-year-old daughter of Dominus out of the Service Stripe mare Ric Rac, won for the second time in seven starts this season. She also won in her first start on Keeneland’s turf course. Bejarano took two races on Wednesday’s card, winning the opener aboard Military Road for trainer Chris Hartman. 

Insightful Miss returned $19.66, $8.70 and $5.74. Storm Cloud Rising drew in off the also-eligible list with the scratch of Lady Iva and finished second under Miguel Fernandez to pay $55.66 and $25.72. Come to Mama was another half-length back in third under Tyler Gaffalione and paid $10.50. 

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Thursday is the 19^th Make-A-Wish Day, which brings together Keeneland, local Thoroughbred farms, businesses and supporters to help make wishes come true for Kentucky children with critical illnesses. Ten Kentucky Wish kids and their families will be honored as special guests and enjoy a special race-day experience that includes presenting a trophy and meeting jockeys. Wish alumnus Reed, 16, of Corbin, Kentucky, is scheduled to sing the National Anthem at noon.

The 10-race card will begin at 1 p.m. ET.