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With less than three weeks remaining until the 42nd running of the Breeders’ Cup, it was a relatively quiet week across North America in terms of high-prestige races, one exception being the $800,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Presented by Dixiana for 3-year-old fillies Oct. 11 at Keeneland.

Apparently, there is a multitude of 3-year-old filly sprinters looking for graded stakes honors in their own age bracket before the year ends. That would explain why Saturday’s $400,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes, a Grade 2 stakes at Keeneland, attracted an overflow field of 15 that includes three also-eligible entrants.

One of the biggest live horse racing events on the annual calendar is right around the corner. The 2025 Far Hills Race Meeting will be run as a one-day event on Saturday, Oct. 18. The race day has become an official part of the annual New Jersey Thoroughbred racing calendar as New Jersey racing shines the spotlight solely on the steeplechase races at Far Hills this weekend.

Every once in a while I like to veer off the beaten path in this blog, and when I do so it’s usually for one of two reasons: it’s a Mid-Atlantic-based racehorse (hey, I’m a Delaware Park guy) or it’s a Thoroughbred who has flashed eye-catching finishing speed. In Ultimate Love’s case, it’s the best of both worlds.

Keeping top company across the country throughout her 3-year-old season, Lush Lips had yet to earn her signature victory until that changed when her year's worth of work culminated in an eye-catching triumph in the $665,300 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes presented by Dixiana Oct.

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