Lady Eli to breeze Sunday for Jenny Wiley

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lady Eli is among several fillies and mares scheduled to breeze Sunday over the Keeneland turf in preparation for perhaps the deepest race of the entire 15-day spring meet, the Grade 1, $350,000 Jenny Wiley.

Time and Motion, the winner of the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup here last fall, and Catch a Glimpse, the winner of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland, also will breeze toward the Jenny Wiley, one of four stakes set for next Saturday, April 15.

Lady Eli, 5, has been a standout since the fall of her 2-year-old season in 2014. She was beaten a nose in her most recent start, the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, and will bring a career mark of 7 for 9 into the 1 1/16-mile Jenny Wiley.

“She’s come along real well the last couple of months,” said Chad Brown, who trains Lady Eli for Sheep Pond Partners. “We’re really excited about getting started back with her.”

The other Saturday stakes are the Grade 3, $200,000 Lexington; the Grade 3, $200,000 Ben Ali; and the $100,000 Giant’s Causeway.

Keeneland races four days next week (Wednesday to Saturday), with next Sunday dark because of the Easter holiday. The earlier stakes are the Grade 3, $125,000 Appalachian on Thursday and the Grade 1, $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile on Friday.