Buy TicketsFive stakes set for Fall Stars Saturday
Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, William Strauss and Michael Caruso’s Zulu Kingdom (IRE), winner of the Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) during Keeneland’s Spring Meet, headlines a field of nine entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 41st running of the $1.5 million Coolmore Turf Mile (G1).
The Coolmore Turf Mile is one of five stakes on Saturday’s 11-race card, part of the 25th anniversary of Fall Stars Weekend. Fall Stars Weekend kicks off the 17-day Meet Friday and continues Sunday with three more stakes.
In the other four Saturday stakes:
The 29th running of the $800,000 First Lady (G1) drew a field of 11. The field is led by Gary Barber, Crevalle Racing and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Classic Q, winner of the Just a Game (G1) Presented by Resolute Racing and Distaff Turf Mile (G2).
The 113th running of the $650,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) drew a field of six. The field is led by Gainesway Stable, Shamrock Stables and Michael J. Mackin’s Coach Pope and impressive Saratoga debut maiden winners American History for WinStar Farm, First Go Racing and CHC Inc., and Q B Rocket for Spendthrift Farm and Frank Fletcher Racing Operations Inc.
The 46th running of the $400,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) drew a field of seven. The field is led by last year’s winner, Newtown Anner Stud’s Praying, and Gabriel Duignan’s multiple graded stakes winner Echo Sound.
The 30th running of the $400,000 Woodford (G2) Presented by FanDuel drew a field of 10. The field is led by Patricia’s Hope’s veteran $1,951,452-earner Nobals, winner of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1).
Fields for the five stakes on Fall Stars Saturday, with trainers, riders and weights from the rail out, are:
Race 6, 3:40 p.m. – $400,000 Woodford (G2) Presented by FanDuel, 3-year-olds and up, 5½ furlongs (turf):
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Script | Rusty Arnold | John Velazquez | 121 |
| 2 | Mondogetsbuckets | Chris Block | Javier Castellanos | 121 |
| 3 | No Nay Hudson | Wesley Ward | Jose Ortiz | 121 |
| 4 | Nobals | Larry Rivelli | Gerardo Corrales | 121 |
| 5 | Okiro | Jose Garoffalo | Tyler Gaffalione | 121 |
| 6 | Joe Shiesty | Eric Foster | Fernando De La Cruz | 121 |
| 7 | Motorious (GB) | Phil D’Amato | Umberto Rispoli | 121 |
| 8 | My Boy Prince | Mark Casse | Luis Saez | 125 |
| 9 | Its Bourbon Thirty | Jeremiah O’Dwyer | Luan Machado | 121 |
| 10 | Doncho | Michelle Lovell | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 121 |
Race 7, 4:12 p.m. -- $400,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2), 3-year-olds and up, fillies and mares, 6½ furlongs, “Win and You’re In” race for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1):
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Praying | Robbie Medina | John Velazquez | 121 |
| 2 | Jersey Pearl | Darrin Miller | Francisco Arrieta | 121 |
| 3 | Queen’s Martini | Ron Moquett | Tyler Gaffalione | 121 |
| 4 | Evanescence | Eddie Kenneally | Jose Ortiz | 121 |
| 5 | Zeitlos | Steven Asmussen | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 121 |
| 6 | Eclatant | Brad Cox | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 125 |
| 7 | Echo Sound | Rusty Arnold | Luis Saez | 121 |
Race 8, 4:44 p.m. -- $800,000 First Lady (G1), 3-year-olds and up, fillies and mares, 1 mile (turf):
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Pin Up Betty | Mike Maker | Ben Curtis | 125 |
| 2 | Lush Lips (GB) | Brendan Walsh | Tyler Gaffalione | 125 |
| 3 | Mandanaba (FR) | Francis-Henri Graffard | Umberto Rispoli | 125 |
| 4 | Expensive Queen (IRE) | Brendan Walsh | Luis Saez | 125 |
| 5 | And One More Time | Mark Casse | Javier Castellano | 125 |
| 6 | Deep Satin | Cherie DeVaux | Jose Ortiz | 125 |
| 7 | Love You Anyway | Rusty Arnold | Axel Concepcion | 125 |
| 8 | Segesta | Chad Brown | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 125 |
| 9 | Classic Q | Mark Casse | John Velazquez | 125 |
| 10 | Bless the Broken | Brad Cox | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 125 |
| 11 | Vina Arana (IRE) | Jack Sisterson | Adam Beschizza | 125 |
Race 9, 5:16 p.m. -- $650,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1), 2-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles, “Win and You’re In” race for $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance:
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Coach Pope | Kenny McPeek | Jose Ortiz | 122 |
| 2 | Q B Rocket | Brad Cox | Junior Alvarado | 122 |
| 3 | Phone Booth | Doug O'Neill | Umberto Rispoli | 122 |
| 4 | Title Worthy | Dallas Stewart | Gerardo Corrales | 122 |
| 5 | Jaded | Mark Casse | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 122 |
| 6 | American History | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | 122 |
Race 10, 5:48 p.m. -- $1.25 million Coolmore Turf Mile (G1), 3-year-olds and up, 1 mile (turf), “Win and You’re In” race for the $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1):
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Title Role (GB) | Brendan Walsh | John Velazquez | 122 |
| 2 | Brilliant Berti | Cherie DeVaux | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 126 |
| 3 | Rhetorical | Will Walden | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 126 |
| 4 | Mercante | Brian Knippenberg | Umberto Rispoi | 126 |
| 5 | Pass the Hat | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado | 126 |
| 6 | Plensa | Rusty Arnold | Axel Concepcion | 126 |
| 7 | Lake Forest (GB) | William Haggas | Cieren Fallon | 126 |
| 8 | Kupuna | Norm Casse | Tyler Gaffalione | 126 |
| 9 | Zulu Kingdom (IRE) | Chad Brown | Jose Ortiz | 126 |