Royal Racing

I hope that everyone is having an excellent weekend.  I will be working today so no live racing for me but that won’t keep me from day dreaming about it.  There are plenty of great races today including the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes!

Keeneland will feature the QEII today, 10/10/15.  This race was inaugurated in 1984 when the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II , visited Keeneland in Lexington, KY for the stakes race.  Crown Queen won the race last year.  It is an invitational turf race for 3 year old fillies of 9 furlongs (1 and 1/8 miles).  The Grade 1 purse is worth $500,000.

Mt tipster suggests that for race 9 at Keeneland bet on #9, Sentiero Italia.  He says, “The Queen Elizabeth II, on Saturday, has several nice 3 year old fillies.  Kiaran McLaughlin (trainer) is extremely high on (the) daughter of Medaglia D’Oro and he should be.  She (Sentiero Italia) has 4 wins from 6 starts and has earned $621,000 including 2 recent grade 2 routes at this same 9 furlong distance.  McLaughlin hopes to stay red hot as he has won 3 of his 4 starts at Keeneland this meet.”

Medaglia D’ Oro is a multiple graded stakes winner and a great sire with a 2nd place finish in the 2002 Belmont Stakes and 2nd place in both the 2002 and 2003 Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Kiaran Mclaughlin is a Lexington, KY native who has won at Keeneland this meet with Robillard on October 7th, Farz on October 4th and Pin Up on October 2nd.  He has had a lot of international success in his over 6 thousand starts.  McLaughlin has been the trainer for multiple graded stakes wins including the Belmont Stakes in 2006 with Jazil and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2006 with Invasor.  He won the QEII in 2008 with Alwajeeha.

Joel Rosario will be the jockey for Kentucky bred Sentiero Italia owned by Godolphin Racing LCC.  Rosario won the QEII race with Harmonious in 2010.  Godolphin has yet to win the QEII.  Rosario will enter the gate at 5:30 PM EST.

Have a great time at the track and tell me something about the experience in a comment.  Thank you, fellow race fans!

Update:  Senteriro Italia showed in third place.