Three fillies with invitations to next Saturday’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End (G1) were on the firm Keeneland turf course Sunday morning.
Magnetic Charm (GB), owned by Her Majesty the Queen, covered 5 furlongs in 1:02.40 with jockey Florent Geroux aboard for trainer William Haggas. Lady Prancealot (FR), owned by Jules Iavarone, Michael Iavarone and Jerry McClanahan, worked 5 furlongs in 1:01.40 with fractions of :12.40, :25.20, :37.80, :49.80 and 1:01.40. Three Chimneys Farm’s Princesa Carolina galloped at a two-minute clip.
Entries for the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End will be taken Wednesday. Invited horses are Café Americano (trainer Chad Brown), Cambier Parc (Brown), Carnival Colors (GB) (Mike Stidham), Castle Lady (IRE) (Henri-Alex Pantall), Kelsey’s Cross (Patrick Biancone), Lady Prancealot (IRE) (Richard Baltas), Magnetic Charm (GB) (William Haggas), Maxim Rate (Simon Callaghan), MuchoUnusual (Tim Yakteen), Princesa Carolina (Kenny McPeek), Regal Glory (Brown) and Varenka (Graham Motion).