Newstead Stables LLC's Laurelin (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}) looks to take her career mark to a perfect six wins from as many starts when she faces a maximum of eight fellow sophomore fillies in Saturday's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, the year's most prestigious race for the division.Graham Motion sent out Film Maker (Dynaformer) to take the 2003 QE II and Laurelin figures a strong chance to double that tally. An €160,000 purchase out of the 2023 Goffs Orby Sale, the chestnut has built on a two-for-two freshman season with a neck defeat of the re-opposing Opulent Restraint (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Apr. 27 Memories of Silver Stakes, a 1 1/4-length success over Candy Quest (Connect) in the June 27 Penn Mile and the GII Saratoga Oaks Invitational Aug. 9, where Opulent Restraint was an excuse-free and perfect-trip third. The 5-2 morning-line choice has handled all underfoot conditions with aplomb, can sit handy or farther back in the field and should give her rivals fits.Fionn (Twirling Candy) finished well to take the GIII Regret Stakes at Churchill May 31 and belied odds of 6-1 to best divisional heavy Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes July 5, with Opulent Restraint again rounding out the triple. She and Candy Quest came with wide runs in unison in the GIII Dueling Grounds Oaks Sept. 10, and the latter was narrowly in front at the eighth pole before Flavien Prat shoved Fionn across the line narrowly best to the inside. Candy Quest is an intriguing outsider for contrarian bettors.Simmering (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) was scratched from last weekend's GI First Lady Stakes in favor of this age-restricted contest going an extra furlong. A longshot–but non-threatening–third in this year's G1 Betfred 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, she was well held in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh and G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, but improved to be a latest third in the G3 Prix de Lieurey in the soft at Deauville Aug. 16.Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) ran with credit behind Nitrogen in the GIII Florida Oaks and GII Edgewood Stakes before a convincing win in the June 28 Tepin Stakes at Churchill. Her late run when last seen in the GI Del Mar Oaks fell just a half-length short of longshot Velocity (Nyquist).Glen Cove A Sharper Option For 3YO FilliesSaturday's Glen Cove Stakes is set to be run as a Grade III event for the first time in its brief history, and trainer Miguel Clement looks to hold all the aces.Love Cervere (Into Mischief) is already a course-and-distance winner, having arrived late to win the Take The A Train Stakes for the late Christophe Clement May 10 and added Woodbine's Alywow Stakes over 6 1/2 panels in her first run for the junior Clement. A tough-trip third to Pop Idol (Maclean's Music) and Abientot (Not This Time) in the Aug. 7 Galway Stakes at Saratoga and exits a runner-up effort in a valuable age-restricted Kentucky Downs allowance Sept. 6.Love Cervere | Sarah AndrewNew York-bred Annascaul (American Pharoah), a close fourth in the Take The A Train for Clement, completed the exacta in the July 12 Blue Sparkler Stakes at Monmouth before easily defeating older Empire-breds in a first-level allowance at the Spa Aug. 23.Flat Out Time (Not This Time) tries the grass for the first time in her career off consecutive 82 Beyer Speed Figures achieved in a Delaware allowance victory July 17 ahead of a third to next-out GII TCA Stakes heroine Praying (Vekoma) in the GIII Prioress Stakes upstate Aug. 30.The afternoon's third and final graded event is the GIII Ontario Fashion Stakes, where Clement will saddle GII Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes heroine Gal in a Rush (Ghostzapper)–the 5-2 pick on the morning line–and the rail-drawn MSW Les Reys (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), a 3-1 chance trying a synthetic track for the first time in her career.The post Undefeated Laurelin, Fionn Square Off In QE II Challenge Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.