Heart to Heart Aims to Defend Maker's 46 Mile Title

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Heart to Heart wins the 2018 Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland

A loaded field of graded stakes winners are slated to line up April 12 for the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (G1T) at Keeneland. Seven older horses will take on Terry Hamilton's Heart to Heart, who will attempt to defend his title and score his first victory in a year.

Trained by Brian Lynch, Heart to Heart scored back-to-back grade 1s last season, taking the Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes (G1T) prior to the Maker's 46 Mile. He then missed by a neck in the Shoemaker Mile (G1T) at Santa Anita Park in late May. The 8-year-old son of English Channel  finished 2018 with two off the board finishes, came back to get third in Gulfstream Park's Tropical Turf Stakes (G3T) Jan. 12 with a tough trip, then faded to fourth in the Feb. 9 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T) at Tampa Bay Downs.

Peter Brant's Raging Bull is set for his 4-year-old debut and first race since winning the Dec. 1 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar. The Dark Angel colt cuts back an eighth-mile for Friday's race, his first time going this short since he finished second in Belmont Park's Manila Stakes July 4. During the Saratoga Race Course meet, the Chad Brown trainee won the Aug. 3 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T) going 1 1/16 miles and the Sept. 1 Saranac Stakes (G3T) at 1 1/8 miles.

Stronach Stable's Delta Prince represents another major player in the Maker's 46 Mile after kicking off his 6-year-old season by rallying for third in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes (G1T) Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park. That effort came at 1 3/16 miles over yielding turf. The son of Street Cry earned his first stakes victory going a mile at Woodbine in the King Edward Stakes (G2T) June 30 with trainer Jimmy Jerkens.

Heart to Heart will be back against recent rivals Doctor Mounty and Qurbaan from Florida. Larry Pratt and Dave Alden's Doctor Mounty rallied to win the Tropical Turf and was up for third in the March 29 Appleton Stakes (G3T). Shadwell Stable's Qurbaan has hit the board in his last three starts, including the Tampa Bay Stakes last out. He won the Sept. 3 Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2T) at Saratoga in his first start stateside after primarily racing in France from 2015-17.

The Nearctic (G2T) and El Prado stakes winner Hembree, Buddy Diliberto Memorial Stakes winner Great Wide Open, and last out Gulfstream Park allowance winner Clyde's Image complete the field. 

On the Maker's 46 Mile undercard is the $100,000 Limestone Turf Sprint for 3-year-old fillies going 5 1/2 furlongs. Hatcreek Racing's Chelsea Cloisters will attempt to shed her seconditis after being runner-up in four consecutive stakes, including the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Slated to face 13 others in the overflow field, the Wesley Ward trainee will break from post 12 under Tyler Gaffalione. 


Entries: Maker's 46 Mile S. (G1T)

Keeneland, Friday, April 12, 2019, Race 9

  • Grade IT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $300,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 5:30 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Raging Bull (FR) Joel Rosario 123 Chad C. Brown 3/1
2 2Doctor Mounty (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 118 Claude R. McGaughey III 9/2
3 3Hembree (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Tyler Gaffalione 118 Michael J. Maker 15/1
4 4Delta Prince (KY) Javier Castellano 118 James A. Jerkens 7/2
5 5Qurbaan (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Kiaran P. McLaughlin 4/1
6 6Heart to Heart (ON) Julien R. Leparoux 118 Brian A. Lynch 4/1
7 7Clyde's Image (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Albin Jimenez 118 Thomas M. Bush 30/1
8 8Great Wide Open (IRE) James Graham 118 Conor Murphy 6/1


Entries: Limestone Turf Sprint S.

Keeneland, Friday, April 12, 2019, Race 7

  • STK
  • 5 1/2f
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 4:24 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Ginger Nut (IRE) Joel Rosario 118 John W. Sadler 5/1
2 2Beechwood Ella (IRE) Julien R. Leparoux 118 Patrick L. Biancone 15/1
3 3Blame the Frog (KY) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Ben Colebrook 20/1
4 4Bohemian Bourbon (KY) Corey J. Lanerie 118 Ian R. Wilkes 20/1
5 5My Gal Betty (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Manuel Hernandez 118 Roger L. Attfield 10/1
6 6Snow Blossom (KY) John McKee 118 Jack Sisterson 50/1
7 7Thriving (GB) Chris Landeros 118 Jeff Mullins 8/1
8 8Play On (KY) Javier Castellano 118 Brad H. Cox 7/2
9 9Weabie (KY) Adam Beschizza 118 Mark E. Casse 20/1
10 10Stillwater Cove (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 118 Wesley A. Ward 5/1
11 11Raintree Starlet (KY) Robby Albarado 118 Brian Williamson 15/1
12 12Chelsea Cloisters (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Wesley A. Ward 3/1
13 13O'Keeffe (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Albin Jimenez 118 Larry Rivelli 30/1
14 14Elle's Town (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Marcelino Pedroza 118 Tracey Glover 30/1
15 15Vinca (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Michael J. Maker 20/1