Dale Ladner’s Alva Starr, 8¾-length winner of the Prioress (G2) at Saratoga in her most recent start, headlines a roster of 21 fillies nominated to the 25^thrunning of the $350,000 Lexus Raven Run (G2) to be run over 7 furlongs on the main track Oct. 21. 

Trained by Brett Brinkman, Alva Starr has won three of five starts but has not raced beyond 6 furlongs. 

Two Grade 1-winning fillies that have raced well beyond 6 furlongs are nominated to the race: Wonderland Racing Stables, Todd Cady, Tim Kasparoff and Ty Leatherman’s Ceiling Crusher and Katsumi Yoshida’s Defining Purpose. 

Doug O’Neill trains Ceiling Crusher, who led all the way to win the $1 million Cotillion (G1) going 1 1/16 miles in her most recent start. Kenny McPeek trains Defining Purpose, winner of this spring’s Central Bank Ashland (G1) at 1 1/16 miles.