2020 Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland
Venetian Harbor headlines a deep field of 10 3-year-old fillies entered in the 22nd running of the $200,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Racecourse on Saturday, October 17.
Run at seven furlongs on the main track, the Raven Run will go as the ninth race on Saturday's 10-race program with a 5:30 p.m. ET post time. First post Saturday is 1:05 p.m.
2020 Raven Run Stakes Field & Odds
Race 9 at Keeneland on Saturday, October 17 - Post 5:30 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Forget | 20-1 | Robby Albarado 118 Lbs |
Victoria Oliver |
| 2 | Four Graces | 5-2 | Julien Leparoux 120 Lbs |
Ian Wilkes |
| 3 | Secondary Market | 12-1 | Tyler Gaffalione 118 Lbs |
Chad Brown |
| 4 | Finite | 8-1 | Ricardo Santana, Jr. 120 Lbs |
Steven Asmussen |
| 5 | Venetian Harbor | 7-5 | Manuel Franco 120 Lbs |
Richard Baltas |
| 6 | Reagan's Edge | 8-1 | Florent Geroux 118 Lbs |
Cherie DeVaux |
| 7 | Tonalist's Shape | 12-1 | Rafael Bejarano 120 Lbs |
Saffie Joseph, Jr. |
| 8 | Fair Maiden | 15-1 | Corey Lanerie 118 Lbs |
Eoin Harty |
| 9 | Grand Cru Classe | 12-1 | Martin Garcia 118 Lbs |
William Mott |
| 10 | Secret Keeper | 12-1 | Brian Hernandez, Jr. 118 Lbs |
Clifford Sise, Jr. |
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Trained by Richard Baltas, Venetian Harbor will be making her first start since finishing second to Gamine in the seven-furlong Test (G1) at Saratoga on Aug. 8. Prior to that, she had finished second to Speech in the Central Bank Ashland (G1) at Keeneland and to Swiss Skydiver in the Fantasy (G3) at Oaklawn Park with both those races being two-turn tests going 1 1/16 miles.
"We are just trying to win a race; that's the first thing," Baltas said Wednesday morning from California. "If she runs well and bounces out of the race OK we will eye the Breeders' Cup (Filly & Mare Sprint-G1)."
Manny Franco has the mount on Venetian Harbor and will break from post position five.
Among those lining up to face Venetian Harbor are two runners with graded stakes success going seven furlongs.
Whitham Thoroughbreds' Four Graces won the Beaumont (G3) at Keeneland in July going seven furlongs and 184 feet over the Beard Course in a track record 1:24.90.
Trained by Ian Wilkes, Four Graces also won the Dogwood (G3) at Churchill Downs, where she finished second in her most recent start in the Eight Belles (G2). Julien Leparoux has the mount and will break from post position two.
Tonalist's Shape (Slam Dunk Racing, Doug Branham and Legacy Ranch) won the Forward Gal (G3) going seven furlongs and the Davona Dale (G2) going a mile this winter at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Tonalist's Shape exits a troubled fifth in the Charles Town Oaks (G3) going 7 furlongs in her most recent start.
Rafael Bejarano has the mount on Tonalist's Shape, who will break from post position seven.
The field for the Lexus Raven Run, with riders and weights from the rail, is: Never Forget (Robby Albarado, 118 pounds), Four Graces (Leparoux, 120), Secondary Market (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), Finite (Ricardo Santana Jr., 120), Venetian Harbor (Franco, 120), Reagan's Edge (Florent Geroux, 118), Tonalist's Shape (Bejarano, 120), Fair Maiden (Corey Lanerie, 118), Grand Cru Classe (Martin Garcia, 118) and Secret Keeper (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118).
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