Betting With, and Against, Mashallah in the Raven Run Stakes

A dozen sophomore fillies will run seven panels on the Keeneland dirt in Saturday’s $400,000 Raven Run (G2). The once-beaten #9 Mashallah (8-5), who crushed her foes in the Prioress (G3) at Saratoga in her latest endeavor, is the one to beat for trainer Brendan Walsh. 

Mashallah – With

• $.50-cent superfecta 9 with 6,7,8 with 6,7,8 with all ($27)
• $.20-cent superfecta 9 with 6,7,8 with all with 6,7,8 ($10.80)

Mashallah – Against

• $2 trifecta 6,7,8 with 6,7,8,9 with 6,7,8,9 ($36)

Mashallah fetched a final bid of $1.25 million as a two-year-old in training in March of 2025 and showed why in her unveiling, earning a 102 Brisnet Speed rating in a debut run in Lexington in April. The bay daughter of young sire Maxfield has won four of her five outings by a combined 21 1/4 lengths and couldn't be much sharper leading into the affair, evidenced by her bullet five-furlong drill on the surface as of late. Tyler Gaffalione will take the reins. 

Juddmonte homebred #8 Conceit (4-1) has never lost from four lifetime runs on the dirt and was game in defeating a strong cast in the Dogwood (G3) at Churchill Downs most recently. The Brad Cox pupil has displayed a versatile running style as well as proving to be game when being presented with a challenge, and another step forward will have her right there late under Irad. 

Ashland (G1) romper #6 Percy’s Bar (6-1) didn’t fire on the grass at Kentucky Downs last time out, but the filly gets back on the main oval on her favorite surface for Ben Colebrook. The bay daughter of Upstart finished a nice second in the loaded Test (G1) at Saratoga two back at this distance, and the course specialist will be in the hunt late with even minor improvement off of that performance beneath Jose Ortiz. 

#7 A Fine Chardonnay (12-1) loves both the venue and the distance for trainer Ian Wilkes. The Maclean’s Music three-year-old bagged the Beaumont (G2) at Keeneland in the spring, and her lifetime-best pair of Speed figures have come at seven panels, too. Brian Hernandez, Jr. will take the reins.