(Just a Touch / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

From the Keeneland Media Team / Amy Owens:

Grass Marathon Specialist Just a Touch Leads Field
for $400,000 Sycamore Oct. 9 at Keeneland

LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 2, 2026) – Qatar Racing, Fergus Galvin, Adrian Regan and Marc Detampel’s Just a Touch, the winner of two turf stakes and three of four starts on the grass this year, headlines a full field of 12 entered today for the 32nd running of the $400,000 Sycamore (G2) to be run at Keeneland on Friday, Oct. 9.

Trained by Brad Cox, the 5-year-old son of Justify comes into the 1½-mile Sycamore off a victory at the same distance in the Colonial Cup Sept. 7 at Colonial Downs in Virginia.

The Sycamore highlights Friday’s 10-race program as the ninth race.

The field for the Sycamore, with trainers, jockeys and weights from the rail out, are:

Friday, Oct. 9 — Race 9, 5:16 p.m. — $400,000 Sycamore (G2), 3-years-old and up, 1½ miles (turf):

Post Horse Trainer Jockey Weight
1 Goldeneye Peter Eurton Edwin Maldonado 122 lbs.
2 Just a Touch Brad Cox Irad Ortiz Jr. 122
3 Mercante Brian Knippenberg Joe Ramos 122
4 Navy Seal (IRE) Wesley Ward Jose Ortiz 122
5 Echo Lane Rohan Crichton Brian Hernandez Jr. 122
6 English Actor Rachel Halden Junior Alvarado 122
7 Limited Liability Shug McGaughey Luis Saez 122
8 Tiz Dashing Barclay Tagg Javier Castellano 122
9 Layabout Patrick Biancone Keith Asmussen 124
10 Vote No Kelsey Danner Umberto Rispoli 122
11 Desvio Madison Meyers Luan Machado 122
12 Rothschild Norm Casse Axel Concepcion 122
13AE Lambeth Joe Sharp Jose Ortiz 122
14AE Sumood Brendan Walsh Tyler Gaffalione 122
15AE Carcano Vicki Oliver John Velazquez 122
16AE Ur Benja Jose Aranha James Graham 122

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For more information email Keeneland Communications Associate Amy Owens at aowens@keeneland.com.