The $300,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) attracted a roster of 22 fillies and mares for the 32^nd running of the 1½-mile grass marathon to be run Oct. 22. 

Chief among the nominees are the top three finishers from the recent Aristocrat Ladies Marathon Stakes (G3) at Kentucky Downs going 1 5/16 miles: Gary Broad’s Vergara, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Transient (GB) and Wertheimer and Frere’s Sinfiltre. 

Also nominated is Godolphin’s Eternal Hope (IRE), winner of the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational (G3) as the favorite going 1 3/8 miles.