Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup guide: Odds, analysis and PPs

Today's lone top-level stakes race is the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. Horse Racing Nation has you covered with Super Screener picks, Ed DeRosa's fair odds plays and a head to head analysis of the race.

If that isn't enough, Ron Flatter spoke to jockey Oisín Murphy, who is flying in from Europe to ride 2-1 morning-line favorite Mawj. You can catch the Oisín Murphy interview here, or the full interview on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

But before we get into the picks, let's take a look at the best speed figures of 2023 for this group. If you want to check out HRN's free past performances page, you can download free PPs courtesy of our partners at Brisnet.

Queen Elizabeth II handicapping

With five fillies originating from Europe in this race, the race has a feel of the Euros versus the Americans. The Super Screener isolates Sounds of Heaven (no. 7, 8-1) and Mawj (no. 4, 2-1) as two of the strongest contenders, noting you'll get a much better price on Sounds of Heaven. In addition, Super Screener author Mike Shutty notes that Prerequisite (no. 11, 20-1) is a long shot worth considering. There's also a great super Screener deal where you can get all of the Breeders' Cup preps starting today through the Breeders' Cup for one low price.

Reinier Macatangay makes the case for Lindy (no. 6, 8-1) in his Saturday plays, while in their Queen Elizabeth II head to head analysis, Laurie Ross and Ashley Tamulonis take you through the entire field. 

In his Queen Elizabeth II fair odds analysis, Ed DeRosa is focusing on the morning-line favorite Mawj and analyzing what is the right price. Here are his complete fair odds below: 

Looking at pedigrees 

Looking at the Queen Elizabeth II pedigrees, these are all proven turf runners, but since we're not familiar with some of these European sires it's worth a look to see their stats for North American races. 

Finally, here is the full field for the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup with links to the page for each horse in the field:

2023 QE II Challenge Cup G1