Modern Games, With The Moonlight Arrive at Keeneland

Godolphin's Modern Games  and With The Moonlight  wasted no time getting familiar with their new surroundings at Keeneland, heading out to train on the main track shortly after it opened at 5:30 a.m. the morning of April 9.

Both Modern Games, the 2022 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) hero and Eclipse Award-winning turf male, and multiple graded stakes winner With The Moonlight are trained by Charlie Appleby. The pair had trained at Churchill Downs the morning of April 8 and then vanned to Keeneland Saturday afternoon, according to Chris Connett, the head traveling lad.

Modern Games is expected to start in the April 14 $600,000 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (G1T), and With The Moonlight is pointed toward the 35th running of the $600,000 Jenny Wiley (G1) for fillies and mares April 15 going 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

Last fall, Modern Games relished the Keeneland lawn, scoring a championship-defining victory in the Breeders' Cup after a noteworthy sophomore campaign. The Maker's Mark will be the seasonal debut for the 4-year-old son of Dubawi (IRE). Others nominated for the Maker's Mark include Atone  and Speaking Scout .

With The Moonlight, the winner of last year's Saratoga Oaks Invitational (G3T), has already ran twice this year. The 4-year-old daughter of Frankel  captured the Cape Verdi (G2) and Balanchine (G2) in Dubai for her connections. She could face the Chad Brown-trained grade 1-winning duo of Shantisara  and In Italian  in the Jenny Wiley.