Keeneland Breeders' Cup Challenge Races, Part 3

Only one Breeders’ Cup Challenge race on the card today at Keeneland: the $500K, GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes for fillies and mares, 3yo and up. Run on the main track at a distance of 1 1/8 m, the lucky lady in this race will win her way right into the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic.
The morning line for race 9 at Keeneland today has favored Aruna (4/1), Embur’s Song (5/1), and Pachattack (5/1). Aruna has proven herself on the turf with a win and a second at the 1 1/8 m distance, but there’s no way to tell how she’ll like Keeneland’s Polytrack. Embur’s Song has a lot of experience on synthetic surfaces, and has two wins at Keeneland, though no wins at this distance. If she can stretch out the extra 1/16 mile, I think she’s a good bet. I do like Pachattack, though, who has wins at Arlington Park (1 1/8m) and Woodbine (1 ¼ m), both on synthetic tracks. A long shot, but still a strong contender is La Gran Bailadora (20/1). She’s run exclusively on sytnthetic all year. The only time she’s run at this distance, she came in second to Pachattack, but  I’m hoping she can make the extra 1/16 mile this time around.

Juddmonte Spinster S.
October 09, $500,000, 3yo and up, f and m, 1 1/8M, Keeneland Race Course, 5:45 PM ET

 
ML
Post
Horse
Weight
Jockey
Trainer
6/1
1
124
J. R. Leparous
T. A. Pletcher
4/1
2
Aruna  4, f.
124
R. A. Dominguez
H. G. Motion
8/1
3
Tapitsfly 4, f.
124
R. Albarado
D. L. Romans
12/1
4
124
A. O. Solis
J. E. Sheppard
12/1
5
124
W. T. Buick
M. R. Frostad
20/1
6
124
C. J. Lanerie
M. J. Maker
5/1
7
Embur’s Song (CAN)4,f.
124
J. L. Castanon
T. A. Pletcher
50/1
8
124
J. C. Leyva
W. A. Kaplan
20/1
9
124
E. S. Prado
W. I Mott
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SCR
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12/1
11
124
J. R. Velasquez
C. R. McGaughey III
5/1
12
124
R. Maragh
G. A. Butler
12/1
13
124
G. K. Gomez
H. L. Zucker
 

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