LEXINGTON, Ky.— Bobby Flay’s Pizza Bianca, winner of last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Klaravich Stables’ McKulick (GB), winner of the Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1), top a roster of 10 invitees to the 39th running of the $600,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana for 3-year-old fillies.
The 1 1/8-mile grass test will be run Saturday, Oct. 15.
Trained by Christophe Clement, Pizza Bianca has won one of three starts in 2022 and has not raced since finishing eighth at Royal Ascot in England in June in the Coronation (G1). Clement, who has 16 Keeneland stakes victories on his resume, posted his first stakes triumph here in the 1994 Queen Elizabeth II with Danish (IRE) in 1994.
McKulick, who added the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational (G3) last month to her resume, is one of two invitees trained by four-time race winner Chad Brown. Brown’s other invitee is Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Robert LaPenta’s two-time Grade 3 winner Dolce Zel (FR).
Invited from Europe is Glen Hill Farm’s Group 3 winner Paris Peacock (IRE), who is trained by Jessica Harrington.
Other invitees are Benowitz Family Trust, CYBT, Michael Nentwig and Ray Pagano’s Bellabel (IRE); David Bernsen and Schroeder Farms’ Cairo Memories; Chris Walsh’s California Angel; Marc Detampel and Fergus Galvin’s New Year’s Eve; Andrew Rosen’s Skims (GB) and Gary Broad’s Vergara.
Entries will be taken Wednesday.
Keeneland Press Release
Main photo: Pizza Bianca wins the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Benoit Photo)
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