E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ millionaire Carl Spackler (IRE), a two-time Grade 1 winner including last fall’s Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland, heads a roster of 22 nominees for the 37th running of the $650,000 Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) to be contested Friday, April 11.

Chad Brown, who won the 2021 Maker’s Mark Mile with Raging Bull (FR), trains Carl Spackler.

The Maker’s Mark Mile, for 4-year-olds and up, is one of five stakes to be held over the second weekend of the 15-day Keeneland Spring Meet.

Also on April 11 is the sixth running of the $300,000 FanDuel Limestone (L) for 3-year-old fillies going 5½ furlongs on the turf. The race drew 47 nominations headed by BBN Racing’s Kilwin, the stakes-winning Rusty Arnold trainee who closed 2024 with a fifth-place finish in the John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Del Mar.

The 37th running of the $650,000 Jenny Wiley (G1) for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the grass headlines two stakes on Saturday, April 12.

The race attracted 22 nominees headed by trainer George Weaver’s Sacred Wish, winner of the Matriarch (G1) last fall at Del Mar for the ownership group of Black Type Thoroughbreds, Swinbank Stables, Steve Adkisson, Christopher Dunn and Anthony Spinazzola.

Also on April 12 is the 43rd running of the $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington (G3) for 3-year-olds and the final stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/16-mile main track test attracted 54 nominations that include recent Virginia Derby winner American Promise, trained by D. Wayne Lukas for BC Stables, and Bullard, winner of last fall’s Bob Hope (G3) for trainer Michael McCarthy. Bullard is owned by the partnership of By Talla, St. Elias Stables, Three Chimneys Farm and West Point Thoroughbreds.

The 28th running of the $350,000 Giant’s Causeway (G3) for fillies and mares going 5½ furlongs on the grass to be run Sunday, April 13, drew 23 nominees headed by multiple graded stakes winner Ag Bullet. Trained by Richard Baltas and owned by Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran, Ag Bullet finished third against males in the Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in her most recent sprint outing.