Augustin Stable’s homebred Lilac Girl took command at midstretch en route to a victory by three-quarters of a length in the featured $110,000 Hidden Brook Purse for fillies and mares Wednesday afternoon at Keeneland. (Click here for a video of the race.)
Trained by Jonathan Thomas and ridden by Luis Saez, Lilac Girl completed the mile over a turf course rated as good in 1:35.93.
Lilac Girl is a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Quality Road out of the Dynaformer mare Chat. The victory was worth $63,085 and increased her earnings to $162,550 with a record of 7-2-3-0.
Lilac Girl returned $5.08, $3.18 and $2.72. Make the Boys Wink rallied to get second under Tyler Gaffalione and returned $7.46 and $4.04 with Up and Down finishing third under Florent Geroux and paying $2.86 to show.