On Keeneland's Sunday opener, favorites were overturned in both sophomore stakes that also witnessed key scratches.

An unusual start to the 2025 spring meet at Keeneland begins Sunday, the first of eight consecutive days of racing at the Lexington, Ky., plant after an inordinate amount of rain pelted the region this week and forced officials to postpone cards scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

Sophomore sprinters took to the Keeneland dirt and turf for a pair of Sunday stakes and delivered performances indicative of bright futures.

The 2021-22 Road to the Kentucky Oaks wrapped up on Sunday with an eye-catching performance from Matareya in the Beaumont S. (G3) at Keeneland.

Keeneland’s Sunday feature, the Beaumont (G3), serves as the final points opportunity on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The supporting Palisades S. is the comeback spot for Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint heroine Twilight Gleaming.

Having chased two of the leading 3-year-old fillies in the land in her last couple of starts, Speech looms as the primary target for five rivals in Friday's $100,000 Beaumont Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.