Buy TicketsGeorge Krikorian’s War Like Goddess shoots for a unique spot in Keeneland history next Friday, closing day of the Spring Meet, when she headlines a field of nine fillies and mares entered today in the 62nd running of the $300,000 Bewitch (G3) Presented by Keeneland Sales.
First post next Friday is 12:30 p.m. with the Bewitch, to be run over 1½ miles on turf, going as the eighth race with a 4:07 p.m. post time.
Trained by Bill Mott, War Like Goddess has won the past three runnings of the Bewitch. She joins two other horses with three consecutive wins in Keeneland stakes: Royal Harmony (Fayette in 1969, 1970 and 1971) and Knight Counter (Ben Ali in 1972, 1973 and 1974). Neither Royal Harmony nor Knight Counter attempted a four-peat.
War Like Goddess, a two-time Grade 1 winner against males in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont at the Big A, will be making her 2024 debut and her first start since finishing seventh in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Santa Anita last November. Junior Alvarado has the mount from post 6.
The field for the Bewitch Presented by Keeneland Sales is:
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
| 1 | Chop Chop | Brad Cox | Axel Concepcion | 118 lbs. |
| 2 | Queens Command (IRE) | Brian Lynch | Luis Saez | 118 |
| 3 | Tower Bridge | Cherie DeVaux | Gerardo Corrales | 118 |
| 4 | Atomic Blonde (GER) | Christophe Clement | Joel Rosario | 118 |
| 5 | Lovely Princess | Kenny McPeek | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 118 |
| 6 | War Like Goddess | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado | 123 |
| 7 | Commandandcontrol | Jimmy Corrigan | Abel Lezcano | 118 |
| 8 | Vergara | Graham Motion | Flavien Prat | 120 |
| 9 | Tic Tic Tic Boom | Tim Girtin | Tyler Conner | 118 |