Picks and Ponderings rolls on with more coverage of opening weekend at Keeneland.

During Saturday’s card, Fall Stars reaches its crescendo.  The card features five graded stakes: the Shadwell Turf Mile (GI), the Breeders’ Futurity (GI), the First Lady (GI), the Thoroughbred Club of America (GII), and the Woodford (GIII).  Three of the races (the Turf Mile, the Breeders’, and the TCA) are Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In races for the corresponding divisions (the Mile, the Juvenile, and the Filly and Mare Sprint, respectively).  The others do not have an automatic berth, but will likely have implications for the Filly and Mare Turf and the Turf Sprint, being that they are graded races over the local course.

Head on over to Picks and Ponderings, and delve into Saturday’s stakes racing at Keeneland!