Brad Cox has averaged 11 wins per meet over the last six race meetings held at Keeneland in Kentucky. The two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer has won the last three Fall Meet titles, while finishing second in the last three Spring Meet. 

The 2025 Spring Meet has been rescheduled to get underway on Sunday 6 April, live on Sky Sports Racing, and Cox appears to have another strong hand. Here’s a look at some of his leading lights for the Lexington track at this month's big meeting.

VELVET VORTEX

Daughter of Complexity and a half-sister to the multiple graded stakes winner Faiza, this filly debuted with a sharp maiden score at Fair Grounds on February 15. She duelled shoulder-to-shoulder with second-out Velvet Devil and pulled away late, the pair finishing 8 3-4 lengths clear of the field.

Now, she looks to take the next step in a first-level allowance going six furlongs.

“She’s very, very good,” Cox said. “We thought she was a good one when we led her over there. We had her at Saratoga last summer and thought she might be a (Grade 1) Spinaway filly.”

UNWAVERING TRUST

(8.08pm Monday 7 April, Maiden Special Weight) 

This 3-year-old daughter of City Of Light ran into a serious runner on debut when she finished second to Ahavah in a six-furlong maiden race at Fair Grounds. Ahavah came back to finish second in the Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks behind the undefeated (5 for 5) Cox-trained filly Good Cheer.

Unwavering Trust, a $750,000 2-year-old-in-training purchase, finished 9 1-4 lengths clear of the rest of the field in that debut race and could look to face maidens again on Monday.

MUHIMMA 

(Monday 7 April, Grade 1 Central Bank Ashland Stakes)

This daughter of Munnings enjoyed a solid 2-year-old season, winning all three of her starts - including the Grade 2 Demoiselle at Aqueduct - by a combined 14 lengths.

On her 3-year-old debut, she was a bit hard to handle in the early stages of the Grade 3 Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park where she finished third. The good news is the two fillies who finished in front of her, Quietside and Five G, came back to win the Grade 2 Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park, and Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks, respectively.

Muhimma will get a jockey change to champion Flavien Prat in Monday’s Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at 1 1-16 miles.

INVICTUS

This 3-year-old son of Into Mischief is the first foal out of the Kentucky Oaks-winning mare Serengeti Empress. Invictus finished seventh in a July 27 maiden race at Saratoga that has proven to be one of the key maiden races of 2024. 

Chancer McPatrick won the race and subsequently won two Grade 1s in 2024. T Kraft was second and has won three straight this year including the Jimmy Winkfield at Aqueduct. Tiztastic was fifth and has since come back to win three races including the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby. American Promise was fifth and he has since come back to win the Virginia Derby.

“He was very studdish, he needed to grow up mentally,” said Cox, explaining why Invictus was away since July.

WEST HOLLYWOOD

This 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo had a productive 3-year-old season winning three of five starts including a 5 1-2-length victory in the Grade 3 Saranac at Saratoga in August 2025, his last start.

Dating back 15 months, Cox hits at 38-percent win rate with horses returning from a layoff of more than 180 days.

SHANGRALA ROAD

This 3-year-old son of City of Light ran into a monster when finishing second on debut to second-out runner Disruptor, who was well-meant in his debut but finished third. Now, he is the potential monster in a maiden race.

On his debut, Shangrala Road unsuccessfully tried to make a run at Disruptor but finished seven lengths clear of the rest of the field. 

FIONN 

(Tuesday 8 April, Grade 2 Appalachian Stakes Presented by Japan Racing Association)  

This 3-year-old daughter of Twirling Candy reeled off three consecutive wins at Fair Grounds, all at 1 1-16 miles. The Transylvania is run at one mile.

She was offering value at 8-1 on the morning line, trying to match up against Nitrogen and Vixen, a pair of Mark Casse-trained fillies who have combined to win four stakes already this year.

EMERY 

(Tuesday 8 April, Grade 1 Resolute Racing Madison Stakes) 

This 4-year-old daughter of More Than Ready returns to Keeneland where she is 2 for 2 including a victory in the Grade 2 Raven Run Stakes last October. In her lone start this year, Emery finished second, beaten a neck by Mystic Lake, who is back in this Madison field.

“She ran well, she lost position at the quarter pole in her last run at Gulfstream, she came running and was just narrowly defeated,” Cox said.

MAGNUM FORCE

(7.36pm Sunday 6 April, Starter Allowance)

This 3-year-old son of Maximum Security, won for a tag of maiden $35,000 claiming in February at Oaklawn Park before finishing second in a starter allowance at Fair Grounds. Sunday's seven-furlong race would represents a turnback in distance which might better suit.

CHASTEN 

(8.40pm Sunday 6 April, Allowance Optional Claiming)

This filly is a half-sister to the champion older dirt female of 2024, Idiomatic, also trained by Cox for Juddmonte Farm.

Chasten won her debut sprinting at Churchill Downs before finishing fourth behind Simply Joking in the Silverbulletday on January 18. That race was run over a sloppy Fair Grounds track. She gets Lasix for the first time.

HEAVENLY SUNSET

(9.21pm Sunday 6 April, Maiden Special Weight)

This daughter of Constitution brought $850,000 as a yearling in 2023. She debuted on February 23 at Fair Grounds, finishing fourth after pressing a solid early pace in her debut going six furlongs. Heavenly Sunset gets the nice inside draw on Sunday for her second start but first around two turns.

ECLATANT 

(10.16pm Sunday 6 April, Grade 2 Middleground Capital Beaumont Stakes) 

This 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief is 3 for 3 sprinting including a 1 1-4-length victory over her stablemate Stunner in the Grade 3 Forward Gal at Gulfstream on February 1.

Stunner, who won the Tempted at Aqueduct last December, is also in this same race. She might have made the lead too soon in the Forward Gal.