Lush Lips pursues another graded win at Churchill Downs

Grade 1 winner Lush Lips will be back in the spotlight for next Friday’s 34th running of the Grade 2, $300,000 Mrs. Revere at Churchill Downs, where she’ll lead a full field of 12 3-year-old fillies on the turf.

Run at 1 1/16 miles, the Mrs. Revere is the penultimate graded stakes for 3-year-old turf fillies in North America, with the American Oaks (G1) concluding the season on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita.

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Trained by Brendan Walsh, Lush Lips scored a 1 1/4-length victory as an 8-1 long shot in last month’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) at Keeneland under jockey Tyler Gaffalione. Before that race, Lush Lips won the listed Tepin Stakes and finished second in the Edgewood (G2) to top 3-year-old filly Nitrogen at Churchill Downs. Gaffalione has the return call in Friday’s race, and the duo will break from the rail.

Walsh also entered Somethinabouther in the Mrs. Revere. The Mendelssohn filly won last year’s Mazarine Stakes (G3) at Woodbine. Axel Concepcion rides from post 8.

Other notable 3-year-old fillies entered in the race include the runner-up and third-place finishers of the Sands Point Stakes (G2), Fast Market and Pretty Picture, respectively; stakes winner Classic Q; recent allowance winner In the Stars; stakes-placed Princess Attitude; and local allowance winner Table Flirt.