

Familiar rivals Into Mystic and Elle Z will face off once again April 10 in the $100,000 Giant's Causeway Stakes at Keeneland sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass.
The turf sprint specialists sparred throughout the winter at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, with the Chris Hartman-trained Elle Z getting the better of her foe in two of their three meetings. In their most recent clash, the rainy New Orleans weather forced the Feb. 16 Mardi Gras Stakes off the turf and Elle Z powered home a four-length winner over Into Mystic.
Owned by M Bar O, Elle Z won an allowance race at Keeneland over the same distance of the Giant's Causeway last fall. Following that effort, the City Zip filly proceeded to defeat Into Mystic in the Pan Zareta Stakes at Fair Grounds to cap her sophomore campaign. Into Mystic then turned the tables on Elle Z in the Jan. 9 Nelson J. Menard Memorial Stakes, with Elle Z settling for second.
Mitchell Murrill, who has been aboard Elle Z since her Keeneland allowance score, retains the mount.
The 5-year-old Into Mystic came within a nose of upsetting multiple grade 1-winning millionaire Got Stormy in the 2020 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes (G3T) over this turf course in arguably her best effort.
The Brendan Walsh trainee will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for the first time.
Keeneland, Saturday, April 10, 2021, Race 8Entries: Giant's Causeway S.
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Into Mystic (KY)
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
124
Brendan P. Walsh
2/1
2
2In Good Spirits (KY)
Miguel Mena
122
Albert M. Stall, Jr.
6/1
3
3Elle Z (KY)
Mitchell Murrill
124
Chris A. Hartman
7/2
4
4Dixieincandyland (KY)
Drayden Van Dyke
122
Eddie Kenneally
12/1
5
5Fashionable Lady (KY)
Rafael Bejarano
122
Michael Ann Ewing
50/1
6
6A Bit of Both (FL)
Tyler Gaffalione
122
Michael J. Maker
8/1
7
7Karak (KY)
John R. Velazquez
122
Wesley A. Ward
8/1
8
8Change of Control (KY)
Colby J. Hernandez
122
Michelle Lovell
15/1
9
9Oooh Barracuda (KY)
James Graham
122
Blake Kelly
50/1
10
10Jakarta (PA)
Luis Saez
124
Michael J. Maker
7/2