Eight stakes remain at Keeneland meet, with Raven Run, Perryville on Saturday
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While Keeneland’s fall meet is front-loaded with its major stakes to provide well-timed Breeders’ Cup preps, eight stakes still remain on this fall schedule, beginning with the Grade 2, $350,000 Raven Run and Grade 3, $300,000 Perryville on Saturday, and the Grade 3, $300,000 Dowager on Sunday.
Next Friday, Keeneland cards the Grade 2, $350,000 Valley View and the $200,000 Myrtlewood. On closing day, Saturday, Oct. 26, the highlights are the Grade 2, $350,000 Fayette, Grade 3, $600,000 Bryan Station, and $200,000 Bowman Mill.
Heading into the back half of the meet, the race for the trainer title at Keeneland is tight, with Brad Cox holding seven wins to six for Brendan Walsh and five for Rodolphe Brisset.
The jockey race is more spread out, as Tyler Gaffalione has piloted 14 winners to nine for Luis Saez and eight for Jose Ortiz.
Irad Ortiz Jr. has just four wins at this meet and Paco Lopez has two, but they’ve made them count. Lopez’s wins have both come in stakes. He scored his 4,000th career win aboard Governor Sam in the Indian Summer on Oct. 6, then took the Grade 2 Franklin last Sunday with Future Is Now. Ortiz also scored his 4,000th career win on the Sunday card.
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