Walsh-trained G1 winner Clicquot heads G1 Madison

Keeneland press release (Taylor Ejdys/EQUI-PHOTO photo above of Clicquot after winning the G1 Cotillion at Parx last fall)

• CLICQUOT HEADLINES FIELD OF EIGHT FOR RESOLUTE RACING MADISON
• IMAGINATIONTHELADY MARQUEE ATTRACTION IN FIELD OF 11 FOR APPALACHIAN PRESENTED BY JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION
• BEAR RIVER TOPS DEEP VALVOLINE GLOBAL SHAKERTOWN FIELD
• CRAZY MASON TOPS FIELD OF SEVEN FOR COMMONWEALTH

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CLICQUOT HEADLINES FIELD OF EIGHT FOR RESOLUTE RACING MADISON

X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables, SF Racing and Blue Horseshoe Racing’s Clicquot tops a field of eight fillies and mares entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 25th running of the $650,000 Resolute Racing Madison (G1) going 7 furlongs on the main track.

The Resolute Racing Madison will go as the afternoon’s ninth race with a 5:16 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by Brendan Walsh, Clicquot will be making her 2026 debut after closing 2025 with a fourth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Winner of the Cotillion (G1), Clicquot will be ridden by Flavien Prat from post 3.

Also making her first start since a Breeders’ Cup run is Newtown Anner Stud’s Praying. Trained by Robbie Medina, Praying won the Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) here last fall before a seventh-place finish in the PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly and & Mare Sprint (G1).

Joel Rosario has the mount from post 7.

Field for the $650,000 Resolute Racing Madison (G1),
4-year-olds and up, fillies and mares, 7 furlongs, Race 9, 5:16 p.m.

IMAGINATIONTHELADY MARQUEE ATTRACTION IN FIELD OF 11 FOR APPALACHIAN PRESENTED BY JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION

Mark Dobbin’s Imaginationthelady, winner of the Jessamine (G2) Presented by Keeneland Sales, tops a field of 11 3-year-old fillies entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 38th running of the $500,000 Appalachian (G2) Presented by Japan Racing Association going a mile on the turf. 

The Appalachian Presented by Japan Racing Association will go as the afternoon’s eighth race with a 4:44 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by Brendan Walsh, Imaginationthelady finished fourth of 12 in the John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Del Mar to close her 2025 campaign. Tyler Gaffalione has the mount Saturday from post 10.

Walsh also will send out Emcee Stable’s Lion Lake (IRE), winner of the Herecomesthebride (G3) at Gulfstream Park in her most recent start. John Velazquez has the mount from post 8.

Field for the $500,000 Appalachian (G2) Presented by Japan Racing Association,
3-year-old fillies, 1 mile (turf), Race 8, 4:44 p.m.

BEAR RIVER TOPS DEEP VALVOLINE GLOBAL SHAKERTOWN FIELD

Charles Marquis’ Bear River, winner of the Kentucky Mint Turf Sprint (G2) at Kentucky Downs, heads a deep field of 12 plus two also-eligibles for Saturday’s 30th running of the $400,000 Valvoline Global Shakertown (G2) for 3-year-olds and up going 5 ½ furlongs in the grass.

The Valvoline Global Shakertown will go as the afternoon’s 10th race with a 5:49 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by Keith Desormeaux, the $1.7 million earner comes into the Shakertown off two third-place finishes in listed stakes at Fair Grounds in which he chased Saturday rivals Usually Wrong and Mondogetsbuckets.

James Graham has the call on Bear River from post 5 with Tyler Gaffalione on Mondogetsbuckets from post 7 and Isaac Castillo on Usually Wrong from post 12.

Field for the $400,000 Valvoline Global Shakertown (G2),
3-year-olds and up, 5½ furlongs (turf), Race 10, 5:49 p.m.

CRAZY MASON TOPS FIELD OF SEVEN FOR COMMONWEALTH

Donna Wright and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Grade 2 winner Crazy Mason heads a field of seven entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 39th running of the $350,000 Commonwealth (G3) for 4-year-olds and up going 7 furlongs on the main track.

The Commonwealth will go as the afternoon’s seventh race with a 4:12 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by Greg Sacco, Crazy Mason won the 2025 Carter (G2) Presented by NYRA Bets and has placed in four graded stakes in New York since that victory. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount from post 2.

To his inside from post 1 is Repole Stable’s Be You for trainer Todd Pletcher. Winner of the Toboggan (L) in his most recent start and owning a 4-3-1-0 record since returning from a 16-month layoff here last fall, Be You will be ridden by John Velazquez. 

Field for the Commonwealth (G3), 4-year-olds and up, 7 furlongs, Race 7, 4:12 p.m.