By Steve Andersen
Courtesy DRF
She has won graded stakes at Keeneland, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar this year, and lost Grade 1 races at Santa Anita and Churchill Downs by just a nose. The turf course at Keeneland is the next target for the Evening Jewel, who won her fourth stakes of 2010 in Saturday’s Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks.
Evening Jewel will be pointed for the $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup
over 1 1/8 miles on turf on Oct. 16, trainer Jim Cassidy said over the weekend.
It may be dangerous to bet against her.