Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Lush Lips kissed off some imposing competition to win the weekend's featured race, the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland.
The QE II, always one of the year's classiest events, headlined a program heavy on turf with Woodbine contributing several stakes on the all-weather course. And will weekend action at Newmarket in England impact the 2026 Classics there? The Breeders' Cup? Both?
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Filly & Mare Turf
Lush Lips caught pacesetting Opulent Restraint inside the furlong pole in Saturday's $800,000 Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland, and then held off previously undefeated Laurelin by 1 1/4 lengths for the victory. Opulent Restraint finished third.
