Time is winding down in the chase to get horses in to the KYD. This weekend and next figure to be the last chances for a horse to get the necessary points, although there will be “Hail Mary’s” in the Lexington. 100 point races began last week, and after seeing Gold State and Ello Santa secure massive wins, OP and GP will be the focus this weekend.

After her dominant three year old season that saw her win both the KYO and the BC Distaff, among others, Wasted Away returned to the race track after some well deserved time off to make her four year old racing debut. This filly by Fire N Fury had not been wasting away over the last four months and successfully took care of business in the Beholder Mile just like we are used to her doing.

Electric Blue certainly loves it when he ends up at SA, and in the Kilroe Mile, he would make it a perfect 3-for-3 at this race track, with all of those wins being graded victories. Last time he was here, he won the Shoemaker Mile, a Grade 1, in May, and that was also the last time that he had won a race.

We’ll stay at SA as we move on to the Grade 1 Kilroe Mile, sending older horses that distance over the turf course. The race runs for 21st time, and has a very impressive list of past winners, including Alpha Ultimo, Jagged Account (2x), and more recently Lunar Blaze (2x) and Anoush Command.

With two BC winners in the Pegasus World Cup Turf, and many others that ran in BC races, an entertaining race was widely anticipated. Grand Opening won the BC Turf a couple of months ago, and stayed fresh at PRX in the meantime in preparation of this showdown, hoping to do one spot better than he did in the Pegasus World Cup Turf last year.