By Jarrod Horak
The Grade 2, $350,000 Franklin Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Sunday, October 13, 2024. The full field of fillies and mares will travel 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf course and Star of Mystery is the 3-2 morning line favorite. The Grade 2 Franklin goes as the eighth race on Sunday with a scheduled post time of 4:44 p.m. EDT.
Franklin Stakes Analysis
#1 Star of Mystery (3-2) fired trifecta shots in 10 of 11 turf starts (5 wins). She won a Grade 2 in Dubai over the winter, and shipped to this country and was third vs. older males in the Jaipur (G1). She took on 3-year-old males in the Grade 3 Quick Call at Saratoga last time and easily handled that group as the favorite. Flavien Prat sticks with Charles Appleby’s talented filly and she is better than these on her best day.
