Keeneland Updates: Connections Check In for Saturday’s Stars

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Good prognoses and day-after thoughts abound Sunday morning as connections reported in on their stars after a Saturday of exciting racing that included a dead-heat victory in the GI Jenny Wiley Stakes as well as a stylish win in the GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes.Concerning the aforementioned two victresses of the Jenny Wiley, a rare feat at any level, the Brendan Walsh camp reported that Expensive Queen (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) emerged from the effort in good form as did the Chad Brown barn for Segesta (Ghostzapper).“She's good this morning,” said Paul Madden, assistant to Walsh, of Expensive Queen. “I thought we got it.”Brown's assistant Baldo Hernandez claimed similarly, stating, “[I thought she got it.] Then I watched the replay twice.”According to Hernandez, Segesta would likely head to New York for the GI Just A Game Stakes at Saratoga June 6.With Segesta's win in the Jenny Wiley, Brown enjoyed a sweep of the elite contests this past weekend with Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) taking home the hardware for the GI Maker's Mark Mile. The conditioner is second all-time for Keeneland stakes victories with 53.Finishing three-quarters of a length behind the inseparable photo was Medoro (Honor Code), who has received a positive update from trainer Peter Eurton as well. She will reportedly target the GIII Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes at Churchill Downs May 30 for her next start.“I think that may have been the best race she has run,” Eurton said Sunday morning. “She got to them in the stretch, but they obviously had something left.”Future for Trendsetter TBD After Lexington Win, Colebrook has Two for ChurchillTrainer Ben Colebrook entered Saturday with three chances to be in the Keeneland winner's enclosure, and admitted that his premonition of visiting it at least once came true in a somewhat surprising way when Trendsetter (Modernist) stepped up to win the GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes.“I thought I'd win the second [race with Beale Street Boy, who ran second beaten a nose],” Colebrook said with a laugh. “It was [Trendsetter's] first time going two turns on the dirt. I thought he could get a piece of it.”His 32-1 longshot last Saturday emerged from his win in good form. Despite collecting Kentucky Derby points with his 2 1/4-length score in his graded debut, Colebrook says that future plans are still in the works for Trendsetter even as he ruled out the first two races of the Triple Crown.“No Kentucky Derby. No Preakness. We didn't even nominate him,” Colebrook said. “There are plenty of other races out there.”Even if his Lexington winner is ruled out for the first Saturday in May, Colebrook will still be present at Churchill Downs as he has GISW Percy's Bar (Upstart) set for the GI Kentucky Oaks May 1 and Street Beast (Street Sense) pointing toward the GI American Turf May 2.The post Keeneland Updates: Connections Check In for Saturday’s Stars appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.