Beverly D. winner Dalika returns for seconds at Churchill Downs

Photo: Wendy Wooley/Equisport Photos for Eclipse Sportswire

Beverly D. (G1) winner Dalika will return to Churchill Downs and headline a contentious field of 10 fillies and mares that were entered in the Grade 3, $300,000 Cardinal Stakes on Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs.

The 47th running of the Cardinal will be run at 1 1/8 miles on turf and go as race 11 of 12 at 4:22 p.m. EST.

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Trained by Al Stall Jr., Dalika was the half-length victor in the Aug. 13 Beverly D., which was contested for the first time at Churchill Downs. The striking gray 5-year-old mare primarily trains at the Skylight Training Center, located about 40 minutes from Churchill Downs in Goshen, Ky. Overall, Dalika has won nine of her 30 starts and tabbed $1,292,786 in purse earnings. Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. will be in the saddle for the Cardinal and break from post No. 5.

The competitive Cardinal field also includes Godolphin’s Grade 3 winner Adventuring and Grade 3-placed Lake Lucerne as well as multiple stakes winner Pass the Plate.

2022 Cardinal Stakes G3

Fin Silks Horse / Sire Rating Trainer / Jockey Last Start / Next Start Status

Wave Of Goodness
Cairo Prince
4.12 Armando Hernande
Mitchell Murrill
8th, 2021 Kentucky Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Oaks LS Entered
Last Race 8th, 2021 Kentucky Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Oaks LS

Sunny One
Dialed In
0.00 Conor Murphy
Vincent Cheminaud
5th, 2022 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf G3 Entered
Last Race 5th, 2022 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf G3

Perseverancia
California Chrome
4.12 Cherie DeVaux
Julien R. Leparoux
10th, 2022 Nassau G2 Entered
Last Race 10th, 2022 Nassau G2

Pass The Plate
Temple City
4.79 Paul J. McGee
Joseph Talamo
6th, 2022 Modesty G3 Entered
Last Race 6th, 2022 Modesty G3

Lake Lucerne
Dubawi
0.00 Brendan P. Walsh
Tyler Gaffalione
3rd, 2022 All Along LS Entered
Last Race 3rd, 2022 All Along LS

Flippant
Tapit
5.37 Victoria H. Oliver
Rafael Bejarano
7th, 2022 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon G3 Entered
Last Race 7th, 2022 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon G3

Disappearing Act
Magician
4.45 Carlos Santamaria
Corey J. Lanerie
8th, 2022 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon G3 Entered
Last Race 8th, 2022 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon G3

Dalika
Pastorius
5.07 Albert M. Stall, Jr.
Brian J. Hernandez, Jr.
6th, 2022 Fall Harvest Stakes LS Entered
Last Race 6th, 2022 Fall Harvest Stakes LS

Curly Ruth
Curlin
4.67 Eddie Kenneally
Luis Saez
5th, 2022 One Dreamer RS Entered
Last Race 5th, 2022 One Dreamer RS

Adventuring
Pioneerof the Nile
4.12 Brad H. Cox
Joel Rosario
4th, 2022 E. P. Taylor Stakes G1 Entered
Last Race 4th, 2022 E. P. Taylor Stakes G1

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