Lennilu Breezes for G2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot

Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Winner Slated to Ship Tuesday
Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $150,000

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Undefeated Lennilu breezed a half-mile Sunday morning at Palm Meadows Training Center in preparation for a start in the Group 2 Queen Mary June 18 at Royal Ascot.

The Patrick Biancone-trained 2-year-old filly, who earned her trip to Great Britain with a victory in the May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies at Gulfstream, was timed in 50.25 seconds for her maintenance work at Gulfstream’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

“She’s perfect,” Biancone said. “I am very happy with her. She’s ready to go.”

Lennilu, who is owned by Amy Dunne, Caitlin Dunne, Brenda Miley, Jean Wilkinson, Hoffman Family Racing LLC, Tranquility Lake Farm LLC, Maury Harrington and Christopher Harrington, is scheduled for a trans-Atlantic flight to Great Britain Tuesday.

The daughter of Leinster collected a $25,000 travel stipend and a berth in one of six stakes for juveniles during the Royal Ascot meeting (June 17-21) with her length triumph in the five-furlong Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies. Her connections have opted for the five-furlong Queen Mary.

Lennilu debuted April 6 at Keeneland with a length victory in a 4 ½-furlong maiden special weight race on dirt. In the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies, in which she prompted the early pace before taking over and drawing clear, Lennilu demonstrated an affinity for turf to earn her trip to England.

“I know she is a very, very good filly. She is one of the best 2-year-olds I’ve trained in my career,” Biancone said. “I know she is one of the favorites with the bookmakers right now.”

Lennilu will make a bid to achieve the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies-Queen Mary double that was pulled off by George Weaver-trained Crimson Advocate in 2023.

Weaver is scheduled to return to Royal Ascot this year with Sandal’s Song, who captured the May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile. The son of Mendelssohn, who is in training at Saratoga, is expected to run in five-furlong Norfolk (G2) June 19

Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $150,000

Thursday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is expected to grow to an estimated $150,000 at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Sunday for the fifth racing day following a jackpot hit for $143,445.12.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 3-8, featuring a five-furlong optional claiming allowance for Florida-bred fillies and mares on turf in Race 5. Gary Jackson-trained Travel Happy will seek to return to winning form after a second-place finish last time out snapped a three-race win streak.

In the Rainbow 6, the carryover pool is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool usually goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

NOTES: Sam Wilensky-trained Lure Him In, a well-traveled 8-year-old gelding, notched his 11th career win and third victory in his last four start in Sunday’s featured $70,000 Wildcat Red, a 1 1/16-mile overnight handicap for 3-year-olds and up. Lure Him In ($6) ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.05 under Edwin Gonzalez while carrying highweight of 122 pounds. Awesome Train closed to finish second. Relampago Verde, the co-highweight and 9-5 favorite, finished third.

Michael Lerman-trained XY Speed ($11.40) captured his 16th career victory in Race 7, a five-furlong optional claiming allowance on turf. The 9-year-old gelding, Who pressed the pace before drawing off, ran five furlongs in 54.78 seconds under Emisael Jaramillo.