Trainer Chad Brown is well represented in the G1 First Lady Stakes, a "Win and You're In" race for the $2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) to be run November 7.
The First Lady Stakes will go as the eighth race with a 4:51 p.m. post time at Keeneland Racecourse on Saturday, October 3.
Uni (GB) (Robert LaPenta, Michael Dubb, Head of Plains Partners and Bethlehem Stables), the champion grass mare of 2019, will try to become the first repeat winner of the First Lady as she headlines a field of six.
Race 8 at Keeneland on Saturday, October 3 - Post 4:51 PM
Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beau Recall (IRE) | 2-1 | Julien Leparoux 124 Lbs |
Brad Cox |
2 | Dalika (GER) | 10-1 | Luis Saez 124 Lbs |
Albert Stall, Jr. |
3 | Daddy Is a Legend | 6-1 | James Graham 124 Lbs |
George Arnold, II |
4 | Newspaperofrecord (IRE) | 8-5 | Tyler Gaffalione 124 Lbs |
Chad Brown |
5 | Uni (GB) | 5-2 | Joel Rosario 124 Lbs |
Chad Brown |
6 | Crystal Lake | 20-1 | Joseph Talamo 124 Lbs |
D. Lukas |
Uni used the First Lady last year as a springboard to victory over the boys in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita. She finished seventh as the favorite in her most start in the Fourstardave (G1) against males at Saratoga and prior to that was third in the Just a Game (G1) to stablemate and First Lady rival Newspaperofrecord (IRE).
Owned by Klaravich Stables, Newspaperofrecord will be making her Keeneland debut. Winner of the 2018 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs, Newspaperofrecord finished second in the Distaff Turf Mile (G2) on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Joel Rosario will ride Uni and break from post five. Tyler Gaffalione has the mount on Newspaperofrecord and break from post four.
Slam Dunk Racing and Medallion Racing's Beau Recall (IRE) turned the tables on Newspaperofrecord in the Distaff Turf Mile after finishing second to her in the Just a Game. Trained by Brad Cox, Beau Recall will break from post position one and be ridden by Julien Leparoux.
The field for the First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare, from the inside with riders, is: Beau Recall (IRE) (Leparoux), Dalika (GER) (Luis Saez), Daddy Is a Legend (James Graham), Newspaperofrecord (IRE) (Gaffalione), Uni (GB) (Rosario) and Crystal Lake (Joe Talamo). All starters will carry 124 pounds.
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