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Keeneland Kicks Off Fall Stars Weekend Friday
Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. kicks off its 17-day Fall race meeting on Friday, October 4 with the 2019 renewal of Fall Stars Weekend–10 stakes races worth $3.95 million over a three-day period, nine with Breeder’s Cup “Win And You’re In” implications for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 1-2 at Santa Anita in Arcadia, California.
The 10-race opening day card is highlighted by a pair of graded stakes events–the $250,000 Stoll, Keenon, Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) for three-year-olds and upward sprinting six-furlongs on dirt, and the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1) for two-year-old fillies slated for an eight and one half-furlong trip on the main track.
Robert J. Baron’s Promises Fulfilled, a four-year-old son of Shackleford, has been installed as the 3-1 morning line choice in the Phoenix Stakes (G2), which attracted a full field of 11 entrants. Jockey Luis Saez will be astride the chestnut colt for trainer Dale Romans.
In the Darley Alcibiades (G1), a two-turn test that attracted a sizable field of 11, Tracy Farmer’s Perfect Alibi, winner of the Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, is the 5-2 morning line favorite. Jose Ortiz, Jr. has the riding assignment on the daughter of Sky Mesa for trainer Mark Casse.
Gaffalione Back to Defend Fall Meet Riding Title
Jockey Tyler Gaffalione, who was the leading rider at Keeneland last October with 15 wins, will be back to defend his title in 2019 and has five mounts on Friday’s program. Trainer Todd Pletcher, who does not have any entrants on opening day, annexed the training title last October at Keeneland, saddling nine winners.
Post time for the first of 10 races at Keeneland on Friday, October 4 is 1:05 P.M. (Eastern). Additionally, there is a $200,000 guaranteed late pick four (Races 7-10) presented by Television Games Network (TVG).
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