Undefeated Lennilu Confirmed for Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot

Undefeated filly Lennilu galloping at Gulfstream Park after winning the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies, earning a trip to Royal Ascot’s Queen Mary Stakes
By | 30 May 2025 | Mumbai

Lennilu, the unbeaten two-year-old filly trained by Patrick Biancone, is set to travel to England for the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting following her commanding 3¾-length victory in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies on May 10. The grey daughter of Leinster earned her spot in the five-furlong Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes, scheduled for June 18, where she will take on some of the fastest juvenile fillies in Europe.

“She’s doing good. Everything is going perfectly,” said Biancone, speaking from Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility, Palm Meadows. “I think we have the right horse to do that.”

Lennilu made a winning debut at Keeneland on April 6, scoring by a length in a 4½-furlong dirt maiden. She then made a seamless transition to turf in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies, pressing the pace early before drawing off powerfully over five furlongs.

She is scheduled to ship out to Newmarket on June 10 before her Royal Ascot engagement. Lennilu is owned by a partnership including Amy Dunne, Caitlin Dunne, Brenda Miley, Jean Wilkinson, Hoffman Family Racing LLC, Tranquility Lake Farm LLC, Maury Harrington, and Christopher Harrington.

Stablemate Squire, another son of Leinster who finished second in the Royal Palm Juvenile for colts, will not travel to England. “Squire wasn’t mature enough mentally to go to Ascot,” Biancone explained. “He’s gone back to the farm to relax a bit and will come back in a month.”

Leinster, who stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Florida, was a multiple graded-stakes-winning sprinter on turf. He placed in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) and captured the 2021 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint (G3). “They’re all fast,” Biancone said of Leinster’s first crop, which also includes recent maiden winners Emerald Ember and Monster.

In related news from Gulfstream Park, the Rainbow 6 will start fresh on Thursday following a mandatory payout that produced multiple payoffs of $31,481.78 last Sunday. The jackpot pool, which had previously yielded a single-ticket payout of $185,237.30, will span Races 4-9. Thursday’s sequence includes a competitive 5½-furlong Tapeta maiden for three-year-old fillies. Joe Orseno sends out Love Actually and Lido Beach, while Eddie Plesa Jr.’s Valiant Hope and Saffie Joseph Jr.’s first-time starter Violence and Peace add depth to the line-up.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is awarded only when a single unique ticket hits all six winners. On non-jackpot days, 70% of the pool goes to bettors with the most winners, while the remaining 30% carries over. On mandatory payout days, the full pool is paid to tickets with the highest number of winners.

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