2009 QE II Challenge Cup (G1)

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Date/Track:
10/17/2009, Keeneland
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3 F
Time:
1:53.09

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 QE II Challenge Cup (G1)...

Phil Sims has been based at Keeneland during the vast majority of his 30 years of training racehorses. Saturday, Sims didn't have to go anywhere to get the thrill of his career when Hot Cha Cha, ridden by James Graham, stormed through an inside opening when straightening for home and drew clear to a...Read More
A replay of the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park is required watching for horseplayers trying to get some context on what might happen Saturday when Keeneland runs the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for the 26th time. Read More
A win or second-place effort in your final Breeders' Cup prep is reason enough to move on to the big event. But when you run fifth, well . . . Read More
  • medlocke · Even finishing 5th, Beautician is a decent 2yr.old filly with some promise. She'll probably improve with age. But in the juvenile filly division this year at the Breeders Cup, if she brings her "A" game to the table, I don't look for any of them to catch "Hot Dixie Chick." She has excellent tactical speed and can really open up when called on. She run's very smart, more like a 3yr.old than a 2yr.old. · 957 days ago ·
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  • gardenesque1 · Note that Beautician will not have to face Hot Dixie Chick in the Cup because the latter is not going to Santa Anita. According to assistant trainer Scott Blasi, Spinaway (gr. I) winner Hot Dixie Chick will be given some time off and probably will start back at the end of November at Fair Grounds. · 956 days ago ·
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Graded stakes winner Well Monied worked 5 furlongs in 1:01.6 early Thursday morning at Santa Anita with jockey Mike Smith up. The video follows Well Monied from the barn of trainer HowardRead More
Here's a look at lovely graded stakes winner Well Monied relaxing in her stall at the Santa Anita barn of trainer Howard Zucker. She is pointing for the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II ChallengeRead More

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