Forever, Walsh wins the title Best

Although she was wearing an unborn foal in her body, there was no stop Forever When she raged home Keeneland.

Forever estimated 24-25 days in the foal to Super Horse Airline Decimated her rivals by nine lengths on the final day of the Keeland Spring Meet. Her victory ended the first Keeland training title for coach Brendan Walsh.

“Sometimes when they are in foals, they seem to find a little more,” said Walsh. “I didn't expect it to win so easily. But she does not owe us anything. She has improved all the time we had in. She is just a chilly mare to be there, she is very straightforward to train, she simply shows her in the right direction and she does the rest.”

Forever, I was looking for Dixiana Farms, after all, she enjoyed her best season as a 6-year-old. The daughter of Connect had achieved their first victory for the first assignment this winter Gulfstream Park In the La Prevoyante Stakes (G3T) at the Pegasus World Cup.

The narrow favorite in the field of seven older fillies and mares, even Walsh, was not sure how to deal with the swampy lawn, which was saturated in the Lexington region in the Lexington region. However, scratching was an option forever. Walsh said the mare probably only had to run two or three races, which is the inferior to the state of Kentucky, which a “mare or a mare in-foal should not be entered in a race after the date of the last cover”.

The compliant lawn would not be a factor.

Under a textbook by Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., forever, her time on the two paths directly behind early political groups from 24.32 ,: 49.41 and 1:15.30 remained. The mare, which was home, skilfully turned through the moor and expanded its advantage with every step to the wire.

After all, forever ($ 5.62) the 1 1/2 miles clocked in 2: 35.56. You known And inhumanity Figure the trifecta.

After all, it is forever outside the ridge strip Julia Tuttle of the Stakes award winner and makes her half a winner of the 1 winner and the second father. Toms d'Atat Through sharp strike. Her father Connect, a grandson of Sharp Strike, stands at the end of Lane near Versailles, Ky., For a fee of $ 2025.

Although Walsh had taken on a close lead for the title of the Keeland coach in Bewitch Tickled quist Going gate to wire in a lawn girl special weight. The trainers tied with 10 wins per piece for the spring training title.

Walsh arrested three evaluated missions during the spring meter. In addition to Forever after all the blurred victory, the coach took part in the Doubledogdare Stakes (G3) Gin Gin and the Lexington Stakes (G3) with Gosger . Its trainee East Avenue also solidified his starting place in the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 3rd with a nose loss Burnham Square in the blue grass fields (G1) to start the meeting.

“Who would have thought? It was a great meeting,” said Walsh. “It is great that horses of this caliber will be competitive in a meeting like this. Especially on one of our traces of home. It is a tribute to our owners that we have looked after with the horses and mainly my employees who work very tough day after day. I owe them a lot.”

Cox scored his second Spring Meet title and his seventh title as a whole.

Video: Bewitch S. presented by Keeneland Sales (G3T)

KEENELAND Spring Meet Leaders and handle

In a further degree of Down-to-of-the-Wire, Flavien Prat enforced two victories against Luis Saez and Jose Ortiz for the Keeland Spring Meet Riding title. Prat piloted Carl Spackler And Additional appendix To their respective victories in the Mark Mile Stakes (G1T) and Commonwealth Stakes (G3). Last year's Eclipse price-crowned jockey, Prat, recorded 20 overall wins for the Spring Meet.

Brad Kelley's Calumet Farm won five races, including two missions, the leading owner of the spring meeting. It is the second ownership title for Calumet under Kelley's possession. Calumet won the Doubledogdare with Gin Gin and Ben Ali Stakes (G3) Tennessee Lamm In two days from April 18 to 19.

All-Sources car (without all-card simulcasting in Keeland) for the 15-day spring meeting of 192,676,486 US dollars by $ 11.92 compared to the 16-day meeting in the last spring of a total of $ 218,741,501.

Due to bad storms that had torn themselves up in Kentucky on the first weekend in April, Keeland Management decided to move the first two opening days of the meeting, including the Ashland Stakes (G1) and the Blue Grass Stakes, on Monday, April 7th, and on Tuesday, and on Tuesday, the spring opponent was significantly influenced, since the racing days of the Oshland -Grass stakes were The biggest racing days of the Ashland grass and Blue Grass racing days were in the racing days of the Ashland -Grass racing skirts. All-Sources cars at the Ashland Day was $ 11,465,100 compared to $ 18,174,298 in 2024, while bet on Blue Grass Day last year 20,330,175 $ 29,261,347, a combined difference of $ 15.7 million.

The intervention on the track was $ 13,290,263, a decrease of 16.05% compared to $ 15,831,087 in the previous year.

“The success of this spring meeting is a greeting for the power of teamwork, and we are everyone who helped when we helped the weather-related challenges of the opening weekend,” said Shannon Arvin, President and CEO of Keeland. “Our two biggest racing days – open on Friday and Saturday – on Monday and Tuesday, when we don't run, it was not straightforward, but it was the right decision to protect our horses and our community security. I am proud of the resilience of our Keeland team, and we would like to thank you for the support of our riders, sponsors and fans.”