The top four finishers from last month’s Bewitch Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland square off about 70 miles down the road at Churchill Downs in the $250,000 Keertana Stakes May 25. The $250,000 Keertana, like the Bewitch, is a three-turn, 1 1/2-mile turf contest
The group is led by Chop Chop , who captured the Bewitch by 2 1/4 lengths over runner-up Atomic Blonde . Vergara was third, another 4 1/2 lengths back, and Tower Bridge came in fourth, 2 1/4 lengths behind the show finisher.
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Though Selective’s Chop Chop was best in the Bewitch, Atomic Blonde and Vergara are candidates to improve on Saturday, having made just their first starts of the year last month.
Axel Concepcion will ride Chop Chop, as he did in the Bewitch. Brad Cox trains the 4-year-old City of Light filly.
Rain is forecast in the days before the Keertana, and a threat of precipitation is also in the long-term forecast for Saturday.
Entries: Keertana S.
Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 25, 2024, Race 10
- STK
- 1 1/2m
- Turf
- $250,000
- 4 yo’s & up Fillies and Mares
- 5:27 PM (local)
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