A total of eight stakes worth a combined $4.05 million will be run Friday and Saturday during the first two days of Keeneland’s Spring Meet. Here are the prospective entrants in those races compiled by Stakes Coordinator Baley Hare. 

April 7 races. Entries taken Tuesday.

$600,000 CENTRAL BANK ASHLAND (G1) – Defining Purpose (trainer Kenny McPeek), Guns n’ Graces(Chad Brown), Julia Shining (Todd Pletcher), Pride of the Nile (Doug O’Neill), Punchbowl (Brad Cox), Wonder Wheel (Mark Casse). Possible: Effortlesslyelgant (Norm Casse)

$400,000 KENTUCKY UTILITIES TRANSYLVANIA (G3) – Andthewinneris (Wayne Catalano), Dude N Colorado (GB) (Pletcher), Freedom Trail (John Terranova II), Mi Hermano Ramon (Mark Glatt), Mo Stash (Vicki Oliver), Webslinger (Mark Casse) and Wonderful Justice (GB) (Brad Cox). Possible: Candidate (Arnaud Delacour),Nagirroc (Graham Motion). 

$400,000 LAFAYETTE – Corona Bolt (Cox), Determinedly (Mark Casse), Hurricane J (Paulo Lobo), LuganKnight (Michael McCarthy). Possible: Damon’s Mound (Michelle Lovell), Invulnerable (Joe Sharp). 

April 8 races. Entries taken Wednesday.

$1 MILLION TOYOTA BLUE GRASS (G1) – Blazing Sevens (Chad Brown), Classic Car Wash (Mark Casse), Hayes Strike (McPeek), Major Blue (D. Wayne Lukas), Mendelssohns March (McPeek), Raise Cain (Ben Colebrook), Sun Thunder (McPeek), Tapit Trice (Pletcher), Verifying (Cox). Possible: Scoobie Quando (Colebrook).

$600,000 MADISON (G1) – Maryquitecontrary (Shug McGaughey), Yuugiri (Rodolphe Brisset). Possible:Caramel Swirl (Bill Mott), Goodnight Olive (Brown). 

$400,000 APPALACHIAN (G2) PRESENTED BY JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION – Alluring Angel (GB) (Jorge Abreu), Alpha Bella (Pletcher), Be Your Best (IRE) (Horacio De Paz), Beautifulnavigator (IRE) (McPeek), Cairo Consort (Pletcher), Heavenly Sunday (Cox), Papilio (IRE) (Mark Casse), Pleasant Passage (McGaughey), Sabalenka (Whit Beckman), Well Into (Jonathan Thomas). Possible: Peacock Lass (Brisset).

$350,000 SHAKERTOWN (G2) – Caravel (Cox), Johnny Unleashed (Eric Foster), Mister Mmmmm (Catalano), Our Shot (Terranova). Possible: Oceanic (Jordan Blair), Stitched (Greg Foley). 

$300,000 COMMONWEALTH (G3) – Heart Rhythm (John Ortiz), Hoist the Gold (Dallas Stewart), LongRange Toddy (Stewart), Nakatomi (Wesley Ward), Run Classic (Bret Calhoun). Possible: Eastern Bay (Lynn Cash), Sir Alfred James (Cash).