GII Jessamine Stakes

May Day Ready To Ship To Japan For G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Says Trainer Joseph Lee

May Day Ready (Tapit), the runner-up in last Friday's GI John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar, will make her next start in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan Dec. 8, according to a tweet on X by her trainer Joseph Lee. Lee posted, "After discussing May Day Ready's future with Mr. and Mrs. Doyle and George Barnes @katierichfarms, the decision has officially been made to ship her to JAPAN to run her in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on December 8th." The...

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Tapit Filly May Day Ready Stays Perfect in Jessamine

It was a three-way go at the end of 8 1/2 furlongs of Friday's GII Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland, a 'Win and You're In' challenge race for the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar, and when the dust had settled, it was KatieRich Stable LLC's May Day Ready (Tapit) who got her nose down on the wire first over Totally Justified (Justify) to her inner and favored Destino d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro) to her outside. Snatched up just after the break, May Day Ready was tough...

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