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Originally Posted by Kasept
Can someone explain how the Giant's Causeway is a race for fillies and mares? Maybe it's me, but... WTF?
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As someone noted above, the used to be the Stravinsky, when he stood at Coolmore. Keeneland often names races for the stallions of the farm sponsoring the stakes race that day. Saturday's Lexington Stakes is sponsored by Coolmore, the home of Giant's Causeway. (That being said, I agree that matching GC with a 5.5F turf sprint for fillies and mares is a bad match.) If you look at the overnights for Saturday, all of the races are named for Coolmore stallions : Grand Slam, Tale of the Cat, Johanessburg, etc.