With T O Elvis in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) and Foie Gras in the Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), Volatile has a pair of gifted runners in Saturday’s races at Keeneland.
T O Elvis, who set a stakes record in the $1 million Churchill Downs S. (G1) on Derby Day, has not started since, but won that race off a six-month layoff as well. The Japan-based 4-year-old is trained by Daisuke Takayanagi and owned by Tomoya Ozasa. He will be ridden by regular jockey Ryusei Sakai and break from post 11 in the field of 13 going six furlongs.
T O Elvis was bred in Kentucky by Jeff & Melissa Prunzik.
The $2 milliojn Sprint is race 8 and runs at 3:42 pm ET.
Foie Gras drew post five in the field of 13 that will be going seven furlongs. The 4-year-old comes into the race off a seven-length stakes win in late August for trainer Mike Maker. She is scheduled to have Rafael Santana, Jr. in the irons.
Owned by Paradise Farms Corp., P Shooter Stable, and Emcee Stable, Foie Gras has finished in the top 3 in 12 of 16 lifetime starts, including a pair of graded stakes. The bay filly was bred in Kentucky by E H Beau Lane.
The $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint is race 4 and the first Breeders’ Cup race on the card, with a post time of 1:10 pm ET.
