War Like Goddess Tops Grade 3 Bewitch Field

George Krikorian's War Like Goddess, a finalist for the Eclipse Award as North America's champion turf female of 2021, headlines a field of seven fillies and mares entered for Friday's 60th running of the $300,000 Bewitch Stakes (G3) going 1½ miles on the grass at Keeneland Racecourse.

The Bewitch serves as the closing-day feature for the 15-day Spring Meet and will go as the eighth race on the 10-race program with a 4:07 p.m. ET post time. First post Friday is 12:30 p.m.

2022 Bewitch Stakes Field & Odds

Race 8 at Keeneland on Friday, April 29 - Post 4:07 PM

Entry	Horse	ML Odds	Jockey	Trainer
1	Core Values	30-1	Rafael Bejarano 118 Lbs	Victoria Oliver
2	La Lune (GB)	8-1	Adam Beschizza 118 Lbs	Edward Vaughan
3	Family Way	7-2	Tyler Gaffalione 120 Lbs	Brendan Walsh
4	War Like Goddess	3-5	Joel Rosario 118 Lbs	William Mott
5	Stand Tall	10-1	Florent Geroux 118 Lbs	George Arnold, II
6	Luck Money	5-1	Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Lbs	Arnaud Delacour
7	Breeze Rider	15-1	E. Baird 118 Lbs	Steve Manley

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Trained by Bill Mott, War Like Goddess will seek to become the first horse to win the Bewitch in consecutive years. Her Bewitch victory last year was the second in a string of four consecutive graded stakes triumphs during a campaign that concluded with a narrow third-place defeat as the favorite in the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) at Del Mar.

Joel Rosario will be aboard War Like Goddess in her 2022 debut and will leave from post position four.

Hunter Valley Farm, Debra O'Connor and Marc Detampel's Family Way looms as the major threat to War Like Goddess.

Trained by Brendan Walsh, Family Way won the Orchid (G3) over the Bewitch distance April 2 at Gulfstream Park with Tyler Gaffalione aboard. Gaffalione retains the mount and will break from post three.

The field for the Bewitch, with riders and weights from the inside, is: Core Values (Rafael Bejarano, 118 pounds), La Lune (GB) (Adam Beschizza, 118), Family Way (Gaffalione, 120), War Like Goddess (Rosario, 118), Stand Tall(Florent Geroux, 118), Luck Money (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118) and Breeze Rider (E.T. Baird, 118).

Defending Champ War Like Goddess tops 20 nominees for G3 Bewitch Stakes

APRIL 20 - War Like Goddess, a finalist for the Eclipse Award as North America's champion turf female of 2021, headlines a roster of 20 fillies and mares nominated to the 60th running of the Grade 3, $300,000 Bewitch Stakes.

Slated for a mile and a half on the turf, the Bewitch will be run Friday, April 29 as the closing-day highlight of the 15-day Spring Meet. Entries for the race will be taken Sunday.

Trained by Bill Mott, War Like Goddess won four graded stakes in 2021 and closed the year with a third-place finish beaten a half-length as the favorite in the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) at Del Mar.

Other nominations of note include Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and TOLO Thoroughbreds' Queen Goddess, winner of the American Oaks (G1) in December and most recently the Santa Ana (G3) at Santa Anita, and Hunter Valley Farm, Debra O'Connor and Marc Detampel's Family Way, winner of the Orchid (G3) at Gulfstream Park on April 2.

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