Ten 3-year-old fillies, including two Grade 1 winners, have been extended invitations for the 41st running of the $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana to be held Saturday, Oct. 12 going 1⅛ miles over the turf.
The Grade 1 winners are Godolphin’s Cinderella’s Dream (GB), who took the Belmont Oaks Invitational for trainer Charlie Appleby, and Lael Stables’ She Feels Pretty, winner of the Johnnie Walker Natalma last fall for trainer Cherie DeVaux.
Other nominees include two-time Keeneland stakes winner Buchu along with Candala (FR), Grayosh, Pin Up Betty, Pounce, Soprano (IRE), Waves of Mischief and Yatta.
Entries for the race will be drawn Saturday.