(Lush Lips rolls to victory on Friday in the G2 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

From the Churchill Stakes Media Team / Darren Rogers:

LUSH LIPS (GB) PREVAILS AS FAVORITE IN GRADE II, $269,800 MRS. REVERE

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 28, 2025) – Odds-on 1-2 favorite Lush Lips (GB), the winner of last month’s Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, scored her second straight graded stakes win in Friday’s 33rd running of the $269,800 Mrs. Revere (Grade II) for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs when she ran down pacesetter Classic Q and turned back a late charge from Pretty Picture to win the 3-year-old filly turf race by a half-length.

Purchased for $3.7 million at this month’s Keeneland November Sale by William Shively’s Dixiana Farms LLC, Lush Lips (GB) returned to run 1 1/16 miles on “firm” turf in 1:45.75 to collect her third stakes win and second straight against graded stakes company. Tyler Gaffalione rode the winner for trainer Brendan Walsh.

Her final time was just .02 seconds off Mary’s Follies’ 2009 stakes record of 1:41.73.

Lush Lips (GB) banked the $147,250 first prize and rewarded her backers with $2 mutuels of $3.14, $2.64 and $2.10.

Breaking from post No. 1, Lush Lips (GB) relaxed a couple of length just behind Wild Applause winner and recent Valley View (GII) runner-up Classic Q as she led the field of 10 through fractions of :24, :48.46 and 1:12.21. With the turf rails 24 feet out, Lush Lips (GB) tipped out to engage Classic Q on the final turn and the two match strides through the stretch until Lush Lips (GB) put the leader away inside the final sixteenth of a mile. Sands Point (GII) third Pretty Picture, who raced in sixth down the backstretch, closed with a wide rush to nail Classic Q for the placing.

“All the credit goes to Brendan and his team,” Gaffalione said. “She’s an incredibly talented filly and we saw that last time when she won the QE II at Keeneland. We saw it again today. We sat a great trip and I was just a passenger.”

Pretty Picture, at odds of 7-1 under Flavien Prat, paid $5.64 and $3.12 for second. Classic Q, ridden by Jose Ortiz, was another neck back in third at 5-1 and paid $2.68 to show.

Bracelet, Caviar Breakfast, Sea To Sky (IRE), In the Stars, J N J Heartandsoul, Table Flirtand Somethinabouther completed the order of finish. Fast Market and Princess Attitude were scratched.

The winner’s share of the purse pushed the career earnings of Lush Lips (GB) to $916,760 from a record of 5-4-0 in 11 starts. Prior to the Mrs. Revere, Lush Lips (GB) won the $665,300 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI) at Keeneland on Oct. 11 by 1 ¼ lengths over Laurelin (IRE). In June, she also won the $210,000 Tepin at Churchill Downs by 3 ¾ lengths.

“She’s improved the entire year,” Walsh said. “All credit to our team. I’m very thankful for the Dixiana Farms team to keep her in training. We had this race in mind after the sale. We’ll take her down to Florida after this and get her ready for her 4-year-old season.”

Lush Lips (GB) is a bay daughter of Ten Sovereigns (IRE) out of the Arcano (IRE) mare Lamyaa (GB) who was bred in Great Britain by The Popcock Family.

The Mrs. Revere is named in honor of Mrs. Revere, an accomplished Churchill Downs fan favorite in the mid-1980s. Mrs. Revere won 12 races in 28 starts, finished second seven times and earned $429,545 for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Her six wins in a dozen starts at Churchill Downs included stakes triumphs in the Regret, Dogwood and Edgewood in 1984 and the Kentucky Cardinal in 1985. She was owned by Dr. Hiram Polk and the late Dr. David Richardson.

MRS. REVERE QUOTES

 

Tyler Gaffalione, jockey, Lush Lips (GB), winner: “All the credit goes to Brendan (Walsh) and his team. She’s an incredibly talented filly and we saw that last time when she won the QE II at Keeneland. We saw it again today. We sat a great trip and I was just a passenger.”

Brendan Walsh, trainer, Lush Lips (GB), winner: “She’s improved the entire year. All credit to our team. I’m very thankful for the Dixiana Farms team to keep her in training. We had this race in mind after the (2025 Keeneland November) sale. We’ll take her down to Florida after this and get her ready for her 4-year-old season.”