2021 Valley View Stakes Contenders at Keeneland
Overflow Field of 16 Entered For Grade 3 Valley View
Charles Fipke's undefeated Lady Speightspeare, scratched at the gate for the Oct. 16 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), at Keeneland Race Course headlines an overflow field of 14 3-year-old fillies plus two also-eligibles entered Sunday for the 31st running of the Grade 3 Valley View Stakes on Friday, October 29.
Slated to be run at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, the Rubicon Valley View will go as the ninth race on Friday afternoon's 10-race program with a 5:16 p.m. ET post time. First post Friday is 1 p.m.
Trained by Roger Attfield, Lady Speightspeare has won all three of her starts highlighted by a victory in last year's Natalma (G1) at Woodbine. Emma-Jayne Wilson, who has been aboard for all of Lady Speightspeare's starts, will ride Friday and break from post 11.
2021 Valley View Stakes Field & Odds
Race 9 at Keeneland on Friday, October 29 - Post 5:16 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Core Values | 30-1 | Rafael Bejarano 118 Lbs |
Victoria Oliver |
| 2 | Saranya | 15-1 | Joseph Talamo 118 Lbs |
Brad Cox |
| 3 | Crazy Beautiful | 3-1 | Brian Hernandez, Jr. 118 Lbs |
Kenneth McPeek |
| 4 | Tobys Heart | 7-2 | Joel Rosario 118 Lbs |
Brian Lynch |
| 5 | Navratilova | 20-1 | Colby Hernandez 118 Lbs |
George Arnold, II |
| 6 | Oliviaofthedesert | 30-1 | Corey Lanerie 118 Lbs |
Kenneth McPeek |
| 7 | Adventuring | 8-1 | Florent Geroux 118 Lbs |
Brad Cox |
| 8 | Breaker of Chains | 8-1 | Tyler Gaffalione 118 Lbs |
George Weaver |
| 9 | Arm Candy | 15-1 | Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Lbs |
Steven Asmussen |
| 10 | Oyster Box | 15-1 | James Graham 118 Lbs |
H. Motion |
| 11 | Lady Speightspeare | 10-1 | Emma-Jayne Wilson 118 Lbs |
Roger Attfield |
| 12 | Queenship (IRE) | 8-1 | Julien Leparoux 118 Lbs |
Joseph O'Brien |
| 13 | Flown | 20-1 | Jose Ortiz 118 Lbs |
Brendan Walsh |
| 14 | Gam's Mission | 10-1 | Adam Beschizza 118 Lbs |
Cherie DeVaux |
| 15 | Princess Theorem | 20-1 | Jose Ortiz 118 Lbs |
Brendan Walsh |
| 16 | Wait for Nairobi | 30-1 | Edgar Morales 118 Lbs |
Rey Hernandez |
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The other graded stakes winner in the field is Lazy F Ranch's homebred Gam's Mission.
Trained by Cherie DeVaux, Gam's Mission returns to the races for the first time since finishing fifth in the Saratoga Oaks Invitational (G3) in August. Prior to that, Gam's Mission was fourth in the Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) after winning the Regret (G3) at Churchill Downs.
Adam Beschizza will have the mount Friday and break from post 14.
Six other grass stakes winners in the field are Godolphin's Adventuring (Dueling Grounds Oaks), BBN Racing's Core Values (Preview Dueling Grounds Derby), Peachtree Stable's Saranya (Curtis Sampson Oaks), G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s Navratilova (Tepin), EuroLindy Syndicate's Queenship (IRE) (Navigation Stakes in Ireland) and Terry Hamilton, Gary Barber and trainer Brian Lynch's three-time stakes winner Tobys Heart.
Also entered is Phoenix Thoroughbred III's Crazy Beautiful, a three-time graded stakes winner on dirt who won going a mile on the grass in her racing debut last year at 2 for trainer Kenny McPeek.
The field for the G3 Valley View, with riders and weights from the inside, is: Core Values (Rafael Bejarano, 118 pounds), Saranya (Joe Talamo, 118), Crazy Beautiful (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Tobys Heart (Joel Rosario, 118), Navratilova (Colby Hernandez, 118), Oliviaofthedesert (Corey Lanerie, 118), Adventuring (Florent Geroux, 118), Breaker of Chains (Tyler Gaffalione, 118), Arm Candy (Ricardo Santana Jr., 118), Oyster Box (James Graham, 118), Lady Speightspeare (Wilson, 118), Queenship (IRE) (Julien Leparoux, 118), Flown (Jose Ortiz, 118), Gam's Mission (Beschizza, 118). Also-eligibles: Princess Theorem (Jose Ortiz, 118), Wait for Nairobi (Edgar Morales, 118).
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