One of the most popular races in Keeneland during his spring meeting is for Friday when a competitive area for the 37 gatheredTH Maker's Mark Mile Stakes. The lawn race of the first class is a barometer in the early season for grass horses with medium distance, as they bring their campaigns into full equipment before the summer months and then a potential start in the Breeders' World Championships. This year's race is broadcast on Fanduel television.
1. Integration: Consistent type celebrated his 5-year debut on January 25th and ended a neck that won the Pegasus World Cup lawn invitations from Qatar Racing. He ran third in this race a year ago and always makes good efforts. Should save the soil with an insider trip and evaluate a mighty chance of winning, even though it did its best in longer distances.
JOCKEY: Frankie Dettori; TRAINER: Shugs McGoughy
2. Funtastic again: Longshot will be a pace player under the first driver Irad Ortiz Jr. Three of his four career victories came on the all-weather route in Turfway Park. Would be a surprise.
JOCKEY: Irad Ortiz Jr.; TRAINER: Wesley Ward
3. Trikari: Seemed to have enough potential to get to the top of the 3-year rapid division after having achieved impressive victories in spring and summer last year, but stalled in autumn. He became sixth in his last start, a class 3 lawn mile in October in this course and had traffic difficulties in this race. A little a mysterious contender.
JOCKEY: John Velazquez; TRAINER: Graham movement
4. Grand Aspen: The six-year-old had several breaks in his racing career, but last time made one of his best efforts, a overdue fourth on the lawn in Santa Anita Park a little more than a month ago. Was tested for dirt (without good luck) at the level of the graded operations, but this will be his first graded utilize on the grass.
JOCKEY: Joel Rosario; TRAINER: Jonathan Thomas
5. Santorini: One of several participants who are placed forward gained in nine starts on lawn, but not since 2023. His three youngest starts were on the all -weather surface of Turfway Park with a win from goal to wire and two defeats when he tired overdue. Challenging to see how he hangs around the route.
JOCKEY: Alex Achard; TRAINER: Rodolphe Brisset
6. Carl Spackler: He is a real mileage specialist with a record of six wins in eight starts in the distance. In addition, it is versatile and can win at the front or from a stalking position and probably contested his best in this course last autumn when he took the Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes. The regular driver Tyler Gaffalione is injured, the reigning Eclipse winner Flavien Prat is served the mountain.
JOCKEY: Flavien Prat; TRAINER: Chad brown
7. Mute heart: Has reached the top shape in the past seven months, won twice and won three times three times on lawn. Most recently, in a race of the third neck in the Gulfstream Park in a neck and was bumped into a deep route. He was able to win at a decent price, but it pays more logically in exactly in exactly the good Keeland driver Saez.
JOCKEY: Luis Saez; TRAINER: Brian Lynch
8. Northern Invader: Made a nice impression in the first 2025 start and set the pace in a 1 1/16 miles in class 3 in Tampa Bay Downs and fought in the track before giving up three quarters of a length. Has shown early speed in most of his breeds and could utilize too much of it with several other forward types.
JOCKEY: Jose Ortiz; TRAINER: Cherie devaux
9. Seminole Chief: In his three starts this year, great progress in the Gulfstream Park made it on lawn and achieved two hard-fought victories and a third, including his first victory in which a mileage appleton stakes in his last start. Could be overlooked in the betting pools if he picks up a substantial leap in class. In any case, have to have used in exactas and trifectas.
JOCKEY: Dylan Davis? TRAINER: Jack Sistson
The choice: integration
Live Longshot: Seminole boss
Superfecta: 1-6-9-7
