Vasy, a winner of two straight, looks to make it three in a row and earn his first graded stakes win in the $600,000 Transylvania Stakes (G3T) April 3 at Keeneland. Contested at 1 1/16 miles on turf for 3-year-olds, the Transylvania is one of three graded stakes on the opening day of Keeneland's spring meet.
The Irish-bred 3-year-old son of Space Blues was winless in his first three starts before breaking his maiden in his fourth outing Jan. 25 for trainer Brendan Walsh and owner JDT Racing. He recorded another victory in the ungraded Colonel Liam Stakes Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park by a neck over Legion Racing and Awestrike Racing's speedy Honey Dutch, who returns in the Transylvania for trainer Whit Beckman.
Vasy is the 9-2 third choice on the morning line in the Transylvania, moving into graded company and stretching out beyond a mile for the first time.
He will be up against another horse rising in class, the 7-2 morning-line favorite Remember Mamba, who is 2-for-2 against easier competition for trainer Cherie DeVaux. Most recently, the son of Kitten's Joy won a first-level allowance optional claiming race Jan. 22 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots by 3 1/4 lengths. Last fall, the C R K Stable-owned colt broke his maiden going 1 1/8 miles on the Keeneland turf, scoring by 4 1/2 lengths.
Keeneland, Friday, April 3, 2026, Race 8Entries: UK HealthCare Transylvania S. (G3T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Proton (KY) John R. Velazquez 118 H. Graham Motion 4/1 2 2Vasy (IRE) Flavien Prat 118 Brendan P. Walsh 9/2 3 3Noble Dynasty (KY) Junior Alvarado 118 William I. Mott 8/1 4 4Attfield (KY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Thomas Morley 12/1 5 5Street Beast (KY) Luan Machado 118 Ben Colebrook 6/1 6 6Time for America (KY) Joseph Rocco, Jr. 118 Michelle Nihei 30/1 7 7Remember Mamba (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 118 Cherie DeVaux 7/2 8 8Zeppelin (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 George R. Arnold II 15/1 9 9Aces Honor (KY) Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. 118 Ethan W. West 20/1 10 10Honey Dutch (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 D. Whitworth Beckman 6/1 11 11Ganaas (KY) Edgar Morales 118 Andrew McKeever 15/1
