There’s something for everyone as Keeneland kicks off the final three days of its spring stand with an appealing eight-race Wednesday card offering everything from juveniles sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs on dirt to older horses routing 1 1/2 miles on turf. There is a pick six carryover of $54,038 to start this final week. The highest purses on the day belong to a pair of $140,000 allowance-level sprints for fillies and mares, the sixth race on turf and the seventh race on dirt. The fourth race is the a $120,000 allowance for older horses at 1 1/2 miles. The turf sprint has drawn a field rich in both quality and quantity. The main body of 10 for this overflow cast includes stakes winners Big Trouble, Bourbon Memory, Me Governor, Ms. Tart, and Pandora’s Gift, as well as several other stakes-placed runners. Pandora’s Gift, a minor stakes winner in her native Ireland, is looking for her first win since coming to the United States in fall 2024. She has competed exclusively in graded stakes here and is not only getting a class drop but also first-time Lasix for trainer Miguel Clement. :: Keeneland Spring Meet! Get DRF Past Performances, picks, news, and more. Pandora’s Gift has tried the Keeneland turf twice and has delivered two of her best U.S. efforts, crossing the line third in the Grade 2 Franklin County in fall 2024 and beaten a heartbreaking nose after making the lead late in the Grade 3 Giant’s Causeway last spring. Although she is unplaced in two starts on turf and one on Tapeta since the Giant’s Causeway, her two fifth-place finishes on turf in New York were deceptively good. She was beaten just 1 1/2 lengths in the Grade 2 Intercontinental and just three-quarters of a length in a blanket finish in the Grade 3 Caress. Pandora’s Gift raced on the engine when most recently seen here in the Giant’s Causeway, but she generally prefers to stalk closely and then pounce. There is plenty of potential speed in this race from the likes of last-out allowance winner Lovely Emma from the rail and Me Governor next door, as well as last-out allowance winner She’s a Tempest and the comebacking Paynt Ya Later. The enigmatic Bourbon Memory also could show speed. The filly won her first four starts, including the Serena’s Song, at Turfway before going unplaced in two dirt efforts last spring and then to the sidelines. In her first start in nine months, she stumbled and lost her rider in the start of the Queen at Turfway. With essentially no prep, her fitness will be the question. Ms. Tart, most recently fourth in the Queen, will likely be placed close to Pandora’s Gift in the opening stages, waiting for the drive. She is a Grade 3 winner sprinting on the Woodbine turf and a multiple stakes winner on Tapeta. ◗ Wesley Ward, based at Keeneland from his adjacent farm year-round, enters the final three days of this meet third on the track’s all-time win list with 297 wins. He is closing in on becoming the third trainer with 300 Keeneland victories, behind only Rusty Arnold (315) and Bill Mott (314). Ward has 10 entrants across eight races for the final three days of this meet. His Wednesday prospects are led by a pair of 2-year-olds, a division with which he’s shown special prowess, in the second race, a $90,000 maiden special weight for fillies. Sanchoo is a $425,000 yearling purchase by Nyquist, while Ruiva is a Three Chimneys homebred by Munnings. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.