Spirited Justice rules in $100,000 Swifty Sired Fillies at Horseshoe Indianapolis

It’s been a big month for owner Keeley Chay Justice. She recently graduated from dental school, got married, is soon heading to her first professional job in Nashville, and is now a premier race winning owner as her sole horse, Spirited Justice, rallied to an impressive win in the $100,000 Swifty Sired Fillies Wednesday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Keeley is the oldest daughter of longtime owner-breeder Greg Justice, whose horses carry the farm name with them each year into the winner’s circle in Indiana. Greg and his son, Zach, were trackside to accept the trophy for Spirited Justice with Keeley away on her honeymoon.

“She really wanted to be here, but she is on her honeymoon,” said Zach. “This is her first horse. She designed her own silks and would try them on and send them to me for my opinion. She did that several times trying to get the right design.”

Keeley settled on pink and green diamonds and stripes, which have now won four races in seven starts with Spirited Justice. The win was the fourth and first of 2026 for the sophomore filly, who was bred and raised by Justice Farm of Lexington, Ky.

“I gave her eight yearlings to choose from, and she chose this one (Spirited Justice),” said Justice, who has multiple wins as the state’s top breeder. “I really liked the dam of this filly (She Fox). She is a young mare, and I just sold her yearling colt to Aaron West, a longtime client of ours. I really think a lot of that mare and bred her back to a pretty nice stallion this year.”

While they wait on future stars from their farm, the Justice family is currently enjoying success with several of their horses right now, including Spirited Justice. Ridden by Luis Contreras, the Lantana Mob filly began from post 12 in the bulky field and was caught wide down the backstretch in the five and one-half furlong sprint. She remained calm and collected as Bebecita and Andres Ulloa set the tempo along the inside tracked closely by Negra Noche and Santo Sanjur and Imperial Merlot and Joshua Morales.

When the field hit the turn, Contreras, a former leading rider in Canada, gave the signal to Spirited Justice to advance and she took off. At the top of the stretch, she was in full command and drove out to an open length advantage, winning by four and three-quarter lengths in 1:05.96. Over and Above and Rodney Prescott closed well for second over Negra Noche.

“There was a lot of speed inside my horse, so I was not concerned about being wide,” said Contreras, who is the only jockey to ever ride Spirited Justice. “She was sitting comfortable and was very nice and relaxed today. I can see she is growing mentally and physically. She finished really strong today.”

Spirited Justice was the favorite of the field, paying $6.80. Tomas Medina trains the filly, who is now a two-time premier winner.

“I’m very happy,” said Medina. “She has been training well and is maturing. I thank Mr. Justice for giving me such nice horses to train. It makes me look good.”

Spirited Justice moved her career bankroll to more than $200,000 with the win. Justice Farms has goals set for the filly this year.

“Our goal is to be champion three-year-old filly this year, but there is a lot of tough competition,” added Justice. “Racing has gotten a lot tougher up here in Indiana. But that is our goal.”

Justice, who has two other daughters and a son Zach, also extended the same courtesy to his other daughter, Alexa, who chose the yearling Smokinghot Justice, who also has a premier racing win. He plans to include the other two kids soon and get them into horse ownership.

“I have a 21-year-old daughter, and we will let her pick a yearling out too, just like we did our two older daughters,” explained Justice. “Then, when Zach gets old enough in a few years to get his owner’s license, we will let him pick one out. I think my two daughters were more excited about designing their own silks than they were being horse owners. But they are enjoying it, especially when they win.”

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