Four-time Grade 2 winner ARTIE SCHILLER (El Prado [Ire]) will spot his nine
rivals six to 10 pounds as the 123-pound highweight in Sunday’s $350,000 Kelso
Breeders’ Cup H. (G2). Winner of the Bernard Baruch H. (G2) at Saratoga last out,
the James Jerkens-trained four-year-old is a two-time stakes winner at Belmont
Park and will be receiving his final prep for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) in
Sunday’s eight-furlong affair.
His main rivals include Grade 2 victor and Bernard Baruch runner-up SILVER
TREE (Hennessy), Brazilian champion AY CARAMBA (Brz) (Roi Normand), who brings a
three-race winning skein into the event for trainer Bobby Frankel, and Jaipur H. (G3)
hero ECCLESIASTIC (Pulpit). The Kelso also marks the turf debut for Brooklyn H.
(G2) winner LIMEHOUSE (Grand Slam).
Limehouse will lead the post parade under a 114-pound impost that includes
John Velazquez. Next comes KEEP THE FAITH (Aus) (Sunday Silence), Javier
Castellano, 115; LATINO MAGIC (Lion Cavern), Robert Burke, 115; Ay Caramba,
Robby Albarado, 116; WILLARD STRAIGHT (Lion Cavern), Eibar Coa, 114;
Ecclesiastic, Jose Santos, 114; NOT PHONE (Arg) (Speakerphone), Rafael Bejarano,
113; FUNFAIR (GB) (Singspiel [Ire]), Edgar Prado, 115; Artie Schiller, Richard
Migliore; and Silver Tree, Jerry Bailey, 117.