Ashland nominees include Champion Echo Zulu and G2 Winner Turnerloose

Echo Zulu and Turnerloose are nominated to the Central Bank Ashland on Friday, April 8. The race is worth a stakes-record $600,000. It's the opening day of Keeneland's 15-day Spring Meet. Other stakes that day are the $400,00 Kentucky Utilities Transylvania and $ 400, 000 Lafayette. The Kentucky utilities Transylvania will be part of the Keeneleland Turf Pick 3. Post positions for the Ashlands and other opening- day races will been drawn on Tuesday, 5th April.

Echo Zulu won the Spinaway at Saratoga. It was her first of three G1 stakes in an undefeated juvenile year.