Keeneland Picks | Giant's Causeway Stakes 2024

Cheyenne Stable and John O’Meara’s Roses for Debra, who emerged as one of the top female turf sprinters in 2023, will make her 2024 debut next Saturday when she heads a field 12 plus one also-eligible for the 27th running of the $300,000 Giant’s Causeway (G3) for fillies and mares going 5 ½ furlongs on the Keeneland Race Course turf.

The Giant’s Causeway will go as the seventh race on the 11-race program with a 4:12 p.m. ET post time.

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Trained by Christophe Clement, Roses for Debra ran off four consecutive victories before tackling males in the Turf Monster (G3) at Parx Racing, in which she finished third, and the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita, in which she was ninth.

Irad Ortiz Jr. retains the mount from post 8.

The field for the Giant’s Causeway at Keeneland is:

Post	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Weight
1	Play the Music	Mark Casse	Jose Ortiz	122
2	Bling	Vicki Oliver	John Velazquez	122
3	Jill Jitterbug	Ryan Walsh	Luan Machado	122
4	Oeuvre	Chris Block	Jareth Loveberry	122
5	B G Warrior	Hugo Andrade	Albin Jimenez	122
6	Secret Money	Brendan Walsh	Tyler Gaffalione	124
7	Port Townsend	Cherie DeVaux	Brian Hernandez Jr.	122
8	Roses for Debra	Christophe Clement	Irad Ortiz Jr.	124
9	Kissed by Fire	Peter Eurton	Mike Smith	122
10	Breeze Easy (GB)	Wayne Catalano	Julien Leparoux	122
11	Elm Drive	Philip D’Amato	Luis Saez	122
12	Love Reigns (IRE)	Wesley Ward	Joel Rosario	122
13 (AE)	High Class	Steve Asmussen	Brian Hernandez Jr.	122