Keeneland Barn Notes — Wednesday, Oct. 10

By Amy Owens —-

Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet concludes Saturday, Oct. 27, with racing
Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 pm. ET.

• FATALE BERE (FR) BRINGS POWELL BACK TO KEENELAND FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY LANE’S END
• ALL SMILES FOR JIMENEZ AFTER FIRST GRADE 1 VICTORY
• GALLOPING OUT
• UPCOMING STAKES PROBABLES
• FALL MEET SPECIAL EVENTS
• FALL MEET LEADERS

FATALE BERE (FR) BRINGS POWELL BACK TO KEENELAND
FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY LANE’S END
Entered to run Saturday in the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End (G1), Del Mar Oaks (G1) winner Fatale Bere (FR) arrived at Keeneland Tuesday from her Southern California base. She wasted no time leaving the barn, going for a jog with a lead pony Wednesday morning on the training track.
Owned by the partnership of the Benowitz Family Trust, Head of Plains Partners, Mark Mathiesen and Mathilde Powell, Fatale Bere will mark the first Keeneland starter for trainer Leonard Powell in 10 years.
“I brought one horse here for an allowance race in 2008,” Powell said of Scarlett’s Place, who finished fifth in that April race.
Fatale Bere came to Powell’s barn last year after beginning her career in France.
“She was purchased privately after she won her first two races,” Powell said. “She ran once more there and then came over and won a prep (the Surfer Girl) for the Breeders’ Cup.”
In the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), Fatale Bere finished fifth beaten 2½ lengths by Rushing Fall, a filly she will see again in the QE II.
Fatale Bere has won two of her four starts in 2018 with both victories coming at the QE II distance of 1 1/8 miles. She has not raced since her Del Mar Oaks victory Aug. 18.
“It was more sensible to keep her with 3-year-old fillies and she runs well fresh,” Powell said.
Since coming to the U.S., Fatale Bere has run on firm courses at Santa Anita, Del Mar and Belmont Park. With rain in the forecast the next two days, softer going may be possible for Saturday.
“That is a question,” Powell said. “She is really good on firm, but she is inbred to (1985 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-G1 winner) Rainbow Quest and he liked soft turf. So that gives me hope it will not be an issue.”

ALL SMILES FOR JIMENEZ AFTER FIRST GRADE 1 VICTORY
It has been a few days, but the smile remains for jockey Albin Jimenez when he looks back on his victory aboard Knicks Go in Saturday’s $500,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1).
Owned by KRA Stud Farm and trained by Ben Colebrook, Knicks Go led all the way to win by 5½ lengths and earn a spot in the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs Nov. 2.
“I got to the three-eighths pole and I was wondering why there was no pressure on us,” Jimenez, a 27-year-old native of Panama, said of Knicks Go, who at 70-1 was the longest price on the board in the field of 13. “We got to the quarter pole and there was still nobody. I had a lot of horse and he just kept going.”
Jimenez came to the U.S. in 2010 and rode a lot at Turfway Park and Indiana Grand. One trainer he rode for on a consistent basis was Wesley Ward.
“He asked me if I wanted to move on up, and last year I rode at Gulfstream in the winter for the first time,” said Jimenez, who plans to return to South Florida this winter. He rode 24 winners during the last winter meet.

GALLOPING OUT
Declan Carroll, son of David Carroll who runs the Keeneland string for trainer Mark Casse, will make his Keeneland riding debut Friday. Carroll will ride Christine Hites’ Rilla, a 5-year-old mare, in the third race, a $7,500 claiming event. Matt Kordenbrock trains Rilla.
“It will be his first dirt start,” David Carroll said of his son, who finished fourth on Woodbine’s all-weather surface Sept. 30 in his only other race.

UPCOMING STAKES PROBABLES
$100,000 SYCAMORE (G3) (Entries taken Saturday, Oct. 13; race Thursday, Oct. 18) – Arklow (trainer Brad Cox), Can’thelpbelieving (IRE) (Graham Motion), Cooptado (ARG) (Tom Morley), Teodoro (IRE) (Morley).
$150,000 PIN OAK VALLEY VIEW (G3) (Entries taken Sunday Oct. 14; race Friday, Oct. 19) – American Frolic (trainer David Fawkes), Beach Waltz (Mike Maker), Colonia (FR) (Graham Motion), Dark Artist (Jane Cibelli), Get Explicit (Barbara Minshall), High Tech (Ian Wilkes), Mighty Scarlett (Chad Brown), More Fun Again (Tom Proctor), Poetic Charm (GB) (Charles Appleby), Riversethedecision (Brown), Sirenusa (Joe Sharp).

FALL MEET SPECIAL EVENTS
Breeders’ Cup VIP Package. The Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Kentucky Nov. 2-3 at Churchill Downs and 2020 at Keeneland. In celebration, Keeneland fans may enter to win a VIP package to this year’s event. Click here for more information. Enter by 11:59 p.m. ET on Oct. 15, 2018.
Through Spring 2019
Keeneland Library exhibit “From the Vault: Historic Tracks.” This exhibit features 26 select images from the Library’s archive that showcase tracks from the early 20th century. Pioneering Turf photographers John C. Hemment and Charles Christian Cook are featured, with additional representation from Joel Clyne Meadors and Robert Lee McClure, among others. The Library is open to the public Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.
The online exhibit “Photo Treasures from the Keeneland Library” presents nearly 100 other historic images of U.S. racing facilities in its “Tracks Gallery.”
Wednesday, Oct. 10
WINS-Day Challenge Sponsored by Malone’s. An inexpensive way for beginning handicappers to test their skills and give handicapping contests a try, the WINS-Day Challenge has a $2,500 guaranteed pool. Enter for $10 at Wagering Central (first floor of the Grandstand) and place a mythical $2 win and place wager – no actual money required – on Keeneland races 3-8. The winners received $1,250 with money distributed through 10th place. Limit three entries per person
Thursday, Oct. 11
Tour Keeneland, Behind-the-Scenes Racing Tour and Owner’s Experience Tour. Click here for more information about these tours and other Official Keeneland Tours.
11th Anniversary Make-A-Wish Day. Keeneland and local Thoroughbred farms and organizations are teaming up to grant wishes for deserving children, who with their families will receive a VIP experience that includes meeting jockeys and presenting a trophy after each race.
Sponsors include Ashford Stud, Flaxman Holdings/Frizzy Foundation, Gainesway Farm, Godolphin, Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Keeneland, Lane’s End Farm, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, Shadwell Farm, Spendthrift Farm, and Always Dreaming and WinStar Farm.
The “Wishes for the Win” campaign gives patrons a chance to take part in granting an additional wish by making a donation at the Wishing Well in the Keeneland Paddock, online or by calling 877 206-9474. Sponsors SF Bloodstock and Starlight Racing will match donations, and a check presentation in the Winner’s Circle before the ninth race will reveal the funds raised.

In support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Tito’s Handmade Vodka will make a $2 donation for every sale of Keeneland Lemonade during the Fall Meet.
Friday, Oct. 12
Tour Keeneland, Behind-the-Scenes Racing Tour and Owner’s Experience Tour. Click here for more information these tours and other Official Keeneland Tours.

College Scholarship Day. Full-time college students receive free general admission and the chance to win one of ten $1,000 scholarships awarded after each race. In addition, two $10,000 Runhappy Scholarships (one of which is only available to a student with a tie to the horse industry) will be awarded. Preregistration is available online at Keeneland.com/CSD (through Thursday, Oct. 11) and in Keeneland’s College Zone in the North Terrace, where students can enjoy music, free food and prize drawings.
Buffalo Trace VIP Distillery Experience Drawing and Giveaway. The first 2,000 patrons to enter to win a VIP Buffalo Trace Distillery Experience will receive one Buffalo Trace string bag and sunglasses. The drawing and giveaway, located trackside from Elevator C under the Grandstand, opens at 11 a.m. The giveaway continues until supplies last.
The Hill (weather permitting) – Keeneland’s designated tailgate lot offers fans a jumbo screen TV to watch live racing, wager, enjoy local food trucks and take free shuttles to the Grandstand.
The Keeneland Shop presents a trunk show with Maui Jim and Dorfman Pacific.

$200,000-guaranteed Friday Pick Four Presented by TVG.

Saturday, Oct. 13
Sunrise Trackside. Thoroughbreds and their human connections begin the day well before sunrise. See what they’re up to during Sunrise Trackside, a free, family-friendly event with activities for all ages: Breakfast With the Works features breakfast for purchase and trackside commentary (7-8:30 a.m.) while racehorses train on the main track; children’s activities in the Kids Club Corner (7:30-9:30 a.m.); free guided Keeneland tours (7:30-10 a.m.); Paddock demonstration with Dr. Casey Cromer of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital (9 a.m.); and Q&A session with a jockey in the Paddock (12:05 p.m.).
The Hill (weather permitting). Keeneland’s designated tailgate lot offers fans a jumbo screen TV to watch live racing and football, wagering, live music, local food trucks and free shuttles to the Grandstand.

The Keeneland Shop presents a trunk show with Maui Jim and Dorfman Pacific.

Keeneland Fall Handicapping Challenge. The handicapping contest has a $400 buy-in with a live bankroll of $250 and $150 prize fund fee. Click here for more information.
$300,000-guaranteed Pick Four Presented by TVG.
Sunday, Oct. 14
Owner’s Experience Tour. Click here for more information about this tour and other Official Keeneland Tours.

The Keeneland Shop presents a trunk show with Maui Jim and Dorfman Pacific.

Secretariat Festival Meet and Greet Scenes from the movie “Secretariat” were filmed at Keeneland in 2009, and Keeneland will welcome fans of the legendary horse and those attending the Secretariat Festival. Otto Thorwarth, who portrayed Ron Turcotte in the movie, and Keith Austin, who was Laffit Pincay Jr., will be joined by Kate Chenery Tweedy, daughter of Secretariat’s late owner, Penny Chenery; and Bill Doolittle, author of The Day Time Didn’t Stand Still, for a meet and greet near the Walking Ring from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Kids Club Family Day. The Keeneland Kids Club is the Official Kids Club for fans 12 and younger. On this day, Kids Club members and their families will enjoy a special day at the races with free general admission and access to reserved Grandstand seating. Children’s activities will take place in the North Terrace from noon to 3 p.m.
Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge/National Handicapping Challenge. The prestigious event awards cash prizes and as many as six spots in the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge at Churchill Downs and 10 spots in the National Handicapping Challenge in Las Vegas in February 2019. The entry fee of $3,000 ($2,000 live bankroll and $1,000 prize fund). The Challenge is limited to 200 individual players.

FALL MEET LEADERS
Through Oct. 7 (3 days of 17-day season)
Jockey Starts Wins 2nd 3rd Purses
Jose Ortiz 15 4 2 3 $309,506
Julien Leparoux 18 3 1 1 $233,441
Eight jockeys tied with two wins each.

Trainer Starts Wins 2nd 3rd Purses
Todd Pletcher 8 4 1 1 $290,030

Five trainers tied with two wins each.
Owner Wins
John C. Oxley 2