Regret Stakes
McPeek Stakes Streak Reaches Five As Bizzy Caroline Wins Regret
Catesby W. Clay’s Bizzy Caroline kicked clear late to beat Excited by 2 ¼ lengths in Saturday’s 42nd running of the Grade III, $138,135 Regret Presented by Etihad Airways at Churchill Downs.
The victory was the second stakes win of the day for her red-hot trainer Ken McPeek, who has won the last five Churchill Downs graded stakes races that he’s entered: the June 4 Dogwood (GIII) with Salty Strike; June 4 Aristides (GIII) with Noble’s Promise; June 11 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (GIII) with My Baby Baby; Saturday’s Matt Winn (GIII) with Scotus; and the Regret.
The McPeek-trained Kathmanblu, the 8-5 favorite in the field of eight 3-year-old fillies, was the more heralded stablemate in the Regret, but Bizzy Caroline proved to be best. She clocked 1 1/8 miles over a Matt Winn Turf Course rated “yielding” in 1:49.73. Kathmanblu wound up fourth.
Bouquet Booth and Excited set the pace through fractions of :24.61, :49.19 and 1:12.87. Bizzy Caroline, who raced in midpack from the inside for most of the way, shifted out entering the stretch, reeled in the leaders and kicked clear late under jockey Manny Cruz.
Bizzy Caroline paid $10.20, $4.50 and $4.40. Excited, ridden by Javier Castellano, returned $4.80 and $4. Bouquet Booth finished another half-length back in third under Shaun Bridgmohan and paid $6. Kathmanblu, Blushandbashful, Diva Ash, Holidaysatthefarm and Gaya completed the order of finish.
Bizzy Caroline, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Afleet Alex, notched her third win from six starts and the $83,070 first prize jumped her earnings to $148,497.
Ken McPeek, trainer of Bizzy Caroline (winner): “She ran a great race. I think she (Bizzy Caroline) is a filly that just needed to mature. When she was younger, she looked like a horse that was headed in the right direction, but would need some time. The Clays are a great family and had no problem with us taking our time to develop her.”
What’s next for Bizzy Caroline?: “I haven’t thought past today. Tomorrow we will put a schedule together for her.”
On five stakes wins in a row: “It’s very exciting to win five stakes in a row. I can’t remember ever being on a streak like this, but I don’t think about it too much. We just try and take it one race at a time. This game is very humbling and as soon as you think you have the ‘bull by the horns,’ it will take you out.”
On favorite Kathmanblu’s performance: “I think she (Kathmanblu) is probably due a rest. She’s been running hard since January and it might be time to just give her a little R&R and go from there.”
Manny Cruz, jockey of Bizzy Caroline (winner): “I rode her with a lot of confidence and let her tell me where she wanted to be in the race. Kenny (McPeek) has a lot of faith in me and didn’t give me any instructions. He just said to go do my job. I appreciate him giving me the opportunity to ride this horse. She is a nice filly.”
On three stakes wins at meet: “I said when I won the first one (aboard Salty Strike) that there would be many more stakes wins to come. I hope there are still many more to come.”
Giant Oak, Crown of Thorns Head Nominees for Stephen Foster
The Virginia H Tarra Trust’s Giant Oak, winner of Churchill Downs’ $500,000 Clark Handicap (GI) in 2010 and this year’s Donn Handicap (GI) at Gulfstream Park, and Spendthrift Farm LLC’s Crown of Thorns, winner of the recent Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (GIII) at Hollywood Park, head a roster of 31 horses nominated to compete in the 30th running of the $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) on June 18.
The 2010 Stephen Foster Handicap was won by Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s Blame, who would return to Churchill Downs in November to down previously unbeaten Zenyatta in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. Blame was the fourth horse to take the Stephen Foster and the Classic in the same year. Others who completed that sweep were Black Tie Affair (1991), Awesome Again (1998) andSaint Liam (2005). Black Tie Affair and Saint Liam also won their respective renewals of the Stephen Foster on their way to Horse of the Year honors. Two other horses competed in the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up on their way to being honored with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year: Mineshaft, who finished second toPerfect Drift in the 2003 Stephen Foster, and Curlin, who won the race as a 4-year-old in 2008 on his way to his second consecutive Horse of the Year award.
Churchill Downs also released nomination lists Monday for the three other graded stakes races set for Stephen Foster Handicap Day. Those races are the $125,000-added Matt Winn (GIII), formerly known as the Northern Dancer, for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the main track; the $125,000-added Regret (GIII) for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course; and the $100,000-added Jefferson Cup (GIII) for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on turf.
Giant Oak, a 5-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway trained Chris Block, is expected to make his second bid for the Foster after finishing fourth to Blame in the 2010 renewal. He returned to Churchill Downs in the fall to win the 136th running of the Clark Handicap via the disqualification of Successful Dan, and then kicked off his 2011 campaign with an impressive two-length victory in the Donn. The Illinois-bred Giant Oak would bring a two-race losing streak into the Foster after finishing third in the New Orleans Handicap (GII) at Fair Grounds and a close fifth in the Alysheba (GIII) on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs.
His career record stands at 5-5-4 in 26 races with earnings of $1,307,001.
Crown of Thorns, a 6-year-old son of Repent trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella, was headed to Churchill Downs for a run in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI) last fall, but was sidelined by injury. He returned to the winner’s circle last month with his victory over Sidney’s Candy in the Mervyn Leroy on Hollywood Park’s synthetic Cushion Track surface. The lightly-raced Crown of Thorns won the Robert B. Lewis (GII) at Santa Anita at three, but injury knocked him out of consideration for that year’sKentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI). On his return to racing more than a year later, Crown of Thorns notched four consecutive runner-up finishes in Grade I races. The string included the Ancient Title and Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita at four, and last year’s Pat O’Brien and Goodwood at Santa Anita.
Crown of Thorns has a career record of 3-4-1 in 10 races with earnings of $777,080.
Other nominees considered possible for Foster include: Adele Dilschneider’s Apart, winner of Pimlico’s William Donald Schaefer Memorial (GIII) – a race won last year by stablemate Blame prior to his Foster triumph; Alex and Joann Lieblong, Marilyn McMaster and Fawkes Racing, Inc.’s Duke of Mischief, winner of the $1 million Charles Town Classic and career earner of $1,662,546; Thoroughbred Legends Racing Stable’s Equestrio, a narrowly beaten third in his stakes debut in Churchill Downs’ Alysheba; Donald Dizney’s Alysheba winner First Dude, runner-up in the 2010 Preakness (GI) and third-place finisher in the Belmont Stakes (GI) who has earned $1,142,140; Preston Stables LLC’s Flat Out, runner-up in the recent Lone Star Park Handicap (GIII); Twin Creeks Racing Stable’s Mission Impazible, winner of the New Orleans Handicap and the 2009 Louisiana Derby (GII), but seventh as the Alysheba favorite; William S. Farish Jr.’s Pool Play, winner of the Dominion Day (GIII) at Woodbine and runner-up in the recent Elkhorn (GII) on the Keeneland turf; Godolphin’s Regal Ransom, the Alysheba runner-up, winner of 2009’s UAE Derby (GII) and Super Derby (GII) and a career earner of $1,887,972; and Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Headache and Jay Em Ess Stable’s Worldly, impressive recent winners of allowance races at Churchill Downs.
With the Triple Crown series set to conclude on Saturday with the running of the $1 million Belmont Stakes (GI), the second half of the racing season for 3-year-olds kicks off in the Matt Winn, formerly known as the Northern Dancer but now named in honor of Churchill Downs’ legendary president and general manager. Col. Matt Winn, who arrived at Churchill Downs in 1902 and led the track until his death in 1949, is credited with lifting both the Kentucky Derby and its historic home to their status as world-renowned sports icons.
Several prominent 3-year-olds are listed among the 33 nominees to the Matt Winn, including Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro; Astrology, third in the Preakness; andPrime Cut and Santiva, Derby runners scheduled to compete in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. But this year’s renewal is setting up as launching pad for under-the-radar 3-year-olds that could prove to be important horses during the second half of 2011.
Horses considered likely to run in the Matt Winn at this early stage include Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s Bind, a highly regarded son of Pulpit who would make his stakes debut after he suffered a narrow loss to older rival Worldly in a Kentucky Derby Day allowance race; George Bolton, Stonestreet Stables LLC andSpendthrift Farm LLC’s Dominus, a narrow runner-up to Machen in the $200,000-added The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial (GIII) on April 30; and Mike Pegram’s unbeaten C J Russell, a homebred son of El Corredor who has scored a pair of dazzling wins during the Spring Meet at Churchill Downs.
Bobby Flay’s More Than Real, winner of the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Turf (GII); Five D Thoroughbreds and Wind River Stables’ Kathmanblu, winner of Churchill Downs’ Golden Rod (GII) and the Rachel Alexandra (GIII) at Fair Grounds; andZayat Stable LLC’s Edgewood winner Diva Ash top a list of 25 3-year-old fillies nominated to the 42nd running of the $125,000-added Regret (GIII) at 1 1/16 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course.
Trainer Todd Pletcher’s More Than Real, a daughter of More Than Ready who has won two of three starts, has not competed since her Breeders’ Cup victory, but has returned to serious training at Belmont Park. The Ken McPeek-trained Kathmanblu has not competed since a disappointing eighth-place run behind Plum Pretty in the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (GI). She displayed her turf prowess in a victory in last year’s Jessamine on the Keeneland grass, a troubled third-place run behind More Than Real in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and a win in Gulfstream Park’s Sweetest Chant earlier this year.
Other Regret nominees include Right Time Racing LLC’s Bouquet Booth and Street Storm, who finished fifth and eighth, respectively, in the Kentucky Oaks for trainerSteve Margolis.
The nomination roster for the 36th running of the $100,000-added Jefferson Cup for 3-year-olds at a mile and a sixteenth on turf is headed by Glen Hill Farm’s homebredBanned, who romped to a 4 ½-length victory in the American Turf (GII) at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks Day.
Banned has scored three victories in six career races, but the American Turf was his breakthrough win in stakes competition. The Tom Proctor-trained son of turf champion Kitten’s Joy, fifth to Pluck in last fall’s Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (GII) at Churchill Downs, now has career earnings of $231,186.
The Jefferson Cup nominees include a pair of horses that competed in the Kentucky Derby won by Animal Kingdom: Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s homebred Derby Kitten, who finished 13th in the Run for the Roses, and Alpha Stables, Skychai Racing LLCand Sand Dollar Stable LLC’s Twinspired, who ran 17th.
Derby Kitten has already competed since his run in the May 7 Derby, finishing third in the Lone Star Derby at Lone Star Park on May 30. The Kitten’s Joy colt has competed eight times on grass and notched his first career win on that surface in a 7 ½ furlong maiden race for $75,000 claiming horses at Gulfstream Park. He ran second in the Alligator Alley Stakes on the Tampa Bay Downs turf before he earned his spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with his upset victory on synthetic Polytrack in the Coolmore Lexington.
Twinspired earned his Kentucky Derby shot when he was caught in the final stride byBrilliant Speed in his runner-up finish the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) at Keeneland. The son of Harlan’s Holiday has run twice on grass, but has yet to finish better than fourth on the surface.
Other 3-year-olds nominated to the Jefferson Cup include William S. Farish and Skara Glen Stable’s American Turf runner-up Close Ally, who also ran second on dirt in last week’s Lone Star Derby; Millennium Farm’s Great Mills, winner of Fair Grounds’ Grindstone, runner-up in the Transylvania (GIII) at Keeneland and fourth in the American Turf; Get Away Farm Racing Stable’s Master Dunker, winner via disqualification in the Hallandale Beach at Gulfstream Park; Gary and Mary West Stables’ Beachcombing, runner-up in Monmouth Park’s Lamplighter; and Team Valor International and Gary Barber’s Meistersinger, an allowance winner on dirt on Sunday, June 5 at Churchill Downs.
Proctor Hopes To Keep Regret In the Family with Snow Top Mountain
PROCTOR HOPES TO KEEP REGRET ALL IN THE FAMILY – Last year, trainer Tom Proctor secured his second victory in the Regret Stakes (GIII) when Keertana upset the field.\
n Saturday, Proctor will go for a repeat with Keertana’s half-sister, Snow Top Mountain. Both fillies are homebreds, owned by Barbara Hunter.
“This is a lot like last year when I had two of them in there,” Proctor said. “Prytania was the favorite, but it was Mrs. Hunter who went home happy.”
Proctor also has a second starter in the Regret this year in Queen of the Creek, who is the morning line favorite at 7-2. Snow Top Mountain is 12-1 on the line.
“I like both of my fillies,” Proctor said. “Queen of the Creek comes out of the same race that Prytania did last year (the American 1,000 Guineas at Arlington Park). Prytania was fourth in that race last year and Queen of the Creek ran third.
“I know Queen of the Creek is the favorite, but I think Snow Top Mountain will run big.”
Snow Top Mountain’s sire is Najran and Keertana’s sire is Johar. The Regret will be only the fourth start for Snow Top Mountain whereas Keertana was starting for the eighth time in last year’s Regret.
“She (Snow Top Mountain) was a little smaller,” Proctor said of the filly’s later start of the two. “They are both nice fillies and they get better the longer they go.”
In addition to the two fillies, Proctor will be trying for his first victory in the Jefferson Cup (GIII) on Saturday when he sends out Our Douglas. Named in honor of injured jockey Rene Douglas, Our Douglas is 4-1 on the Jefferson Cup morning line.
GOOD OMENS APLENTY FOR NO ADVANTAGE FOSTER RUN – Stephanie Beattie attended her first Kentucky Derby last month and saw Calvin Borel guide Super Saver to victory.
So, when the trainer saddles her first horse at Churchill Downs, who better to ride than Borel?
“The owner (Pablo Suarez) called Calvin’s agent (Jerry Hissam),” said Beattie, trainer of No Advantage. “He said, how often do you get Calvin Borel to ride your horse at Churchill Downs? He is the hottest rider around there.”
Borel got an introduction to No Advantage, who he will ride in Saturday’s Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) on Friday morning with a trip to the track. No Advantage is listed at 30-1 on the morning line, but a big price on a Borel horse in a Grade I race at Churchill Downs is not unprecedented … see Mine That Bird ($103.20) in the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
Beattie has had No Advantage for a year and a half since Suarez bought the horse at auction after the initial ownership group, of which Suarez was a member, broke up.
“We got him when he came up from Louisiana and he won the first time out at Charles Town,” Beattie said of No Advantage, who has posted six of his seven victories in her care. “In his last race, he was second to (Stephen Foster second morning line choice) Blame in the Schaefer at Pimlico and he had some trouble in that race.”
Although the Stephen Foster will mark Beattie’s first start at Churchill Downs, the Suarez colors have been seen here before. Suarez’s Thor’s Echo won the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI) here and those silks made their way to the National Museum of Racing in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for a time as part of an exhibit honoring Eclipse Award winners of that year.
DOWNS AFTER DARK MAKES FOR LONG DAY(S) FOR TRACK CREW – Churchill Downs Track Superintendent Butch Lehr spent Friday morning getting ready to tackle his own Daily Double: Possible heavy weather and the first night of Downs After Dark with a 6 p.m. post time.
“The track crew is stretched thin and they are working double shifts,” Lehr said. “Things don’t stop because they aren’t running in the afternoon.”
Lehr’s initial concern Friday was a strong band of storms headed toward the Louisville area.
“It looks like the front is going to get here about 5 this afternoon and then there is a chance of rain Saturday and Sunday,” Lehr said. “We have three races on the turf tonight, but if it rains, I will take them off the turf except for the Opening Verse (overnight stake).”
Lehr sealed the track after morning training was done.
“There is no break,” Lehr said. “If it rains, we will need to float the track. If not, we will continue to put water on the track because the sun takes the moisture out of it.”
Friday night’s final race is scheduled for an 11:20 post time, but the crew’s work is not done once the final official sign is posted.
“After the races, we have to get the track ready for training the morning,” Lehr said of training hours that begin at 6 a.m. “There might be a little lull of a couple of hours, but if it rains, we’ll have to get out and float and seal the track.”
BARN TALK – Jockey Robby Albarado will be seeking his fourth consecutive victory in the Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap on Saturday aboard Macho Again. The most recent rider to win the same Grade I race in four consecutive years was Jorge Chavez, who won the Vosburgh from 1996-99. Angel Cordero Jr., who will be here Saturday for Kentucky Derby Alumni Day to celebrate his two Kentucky Derby victories in the 1970s (Cannonade in 1974 and Bold Forbes in 1976), won the Grade I Woodward five consecutive years (1981-85). Other riders to win Grade I races four years in a row were Bill Shoemaker (Oak Tree Invitational from 1975-78), Gary Stevens (Santa Anita Oaks from 1987-90) and Jerry Bailey (Gulfstream Park Handicap from 1995-98). Pat Day won the Oaklawn Handicap from 1982-85, but that race, now a Grade I, was a Grade II in those years. …
Steve Bass, agent for jockey Julien Leparoux, said the rider is shooting to return to riding by July 1 for the final four days of the Spring Meet. “He goes back to the doctor on June 22and he hopes to get cleared to get back on horses that week,” Bass said of Leparoux, who was injured in a fall May 14 at Pimlico in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (GII). “Our target date to ride is July 1 and then he will stay around here for a few weeks before going to Saratoga (which opens July 23).”
Trainer Paul McGee scratched Demarcation out of Friday night’s Opening Verse overnight stake on the turf to run in Saturday’s Stephen Foster Handicap. …
Making the rounds on the backstretch Friday morning was two-time Kentucky Derby-winning rider Jacinto Vasquez, who is in town for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Alumni Day. Winner of the 1975 Derby on Foolish Pleasure and 1980 on Genuine Risk, Vasquez lives in Ocala, Fla., and works as an agent for Classic Mile Park, a thoroughbred training center that features a regulation one-mile track, a seven-furlong turf course and a three-furlong training track.
WORK TAB – Kentucky Juvenile (GIII) winner Lou Brissie worked five furlongs in 1:02.40 on a fast track.
KENTUCKY DERBY LEGENDS OF THE 1970S TO SHINE ON ALUMNI DAY – Saturday is Kentucky Derby Alumni Day at Churchill Downs, saluting connections of some of the stars from the 1970s.
There will be a commemorative print giveaway sponsored by GE that will be distributed to the first 5,000 guests through the gates that open at 11 a.m. (EDT). From 1-3 p.m. in the Paddock Pavilion, connections of some of the Kentucky Derby winners from the 1970s will be on hand signing the print.
Connections on hand for the autograph session will be:
- 1970 – Dust Commander: Trainer Don Combs and jockey Mike Manganello.
- 1972-73 – Riva Ridge and Secretariat: Jockey Ron Turcotte.
- 1974 and 1976 -- Cannonade and Bold Forbes: Jockey Angel Cordero Jr.
- 1975 – Foolish Pleasure: Jockey Jacinto Vasquez.
- 1977 – Seattle Slew: Trainer Billy Turner and jockey Jean Cruguet.
- 1978 – Affirmed: Owners Patrice Wolfson and Steve Wolfson Sr. and jockey Steve Cauthen.
Others scheduled to attend include: Don Brumfield (1966, Kauai King), Pat Day (1992, Lil E. Tee), Dell Hancock of Claiborne Farm (1984, Swale), Chris McCarron (1987, Alysheba; 1994 Go for Gin); Bobby Ussery (1967, Proud Clarion; 1968, Dancer’s Image) and Lynn Whiting (1992, Lil E. Tee).
Also, this year’s winning jockey Calvin Borel, trainer Todd Pletcher and owners/breeders Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt of WinStar Farm will be on hand to collect their Kentucky Derby trophies in a winner’s circle ceremony after the fifth race.
ASHER TO SPECIAL “GET IN THE GAME” TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE -- John Asher will host a special edition Saturday of the “Get in the Game” seminar in which he will talk to the winning connections and discuss their historic journey through their Triple Crown victories and Kentucky Derby wins in the 1970s.
“Get in the Game” will be located in the paddock starting at 11:30 a.m. and will be featured on all in-house monitors.
Fans also will be able to save up to 50 percent on discounted products from the Official Art of the Kentucky Derby Collection from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
JOCKEY TRADING CARD GIVEAWAY, AUTOGRAPH SESSION SLATED SUNDAY -- The first 2,500 guests to arrive on Sunday, June 13 will receive a free set of jockey trading cards. Gates will open at 11 a.m. (EDT) on Sunday with the trading cards being distributed at Gates 1, 10, and 17.
The cards feature a mixture of current and Hall of Fame jockeys not limited to Churchill Downs’ current jockey colony. Churchill Downs jockeys will be available for an autograph session in the Paddock Pavilion from 11 a.m. to noon.
OFFICIAL LIMITED EDITION RON TURCOTTE BOBBLEHEAD SALES SET SUNDAY -- Official limited edition Ron Turcotte bobbleheads will be on sale between the Churchill Downs store and Gate 17 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 13.
Turcotte, who won the Triple Crown aboard Secretariat in 1973, will be on site to autograph and sell his limited edition bobbleheads.
Only 1,973 of these bobbleheads were manufactured with 500 being available for purchase at $50 each. A portion of the funds raised from the sale will be donated to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.
Grade I Winners Hot Cha Cha, Miss World Head Overflow Field of 17 For Grade II Mrs. Revere
Nelson McMakin’s Hot Cha Cha, winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (Grade I) at Keeneland on Oct. 17, and Waratah Thoroughbreds’ Miss World, winner of the Garden City (GI) at Belmont Park on Sept. 12, top an overflow field of 17 3-year-old fillies entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 19th running of the $175,000-added Mrs. Revere (GII).
The Mrs. Revere, run at 1 1/16 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course, will go as the ninth race on Saturday’s 10-race program that has a first post time of 12:40 p.m. (all times EST). Post time for the Mrs. Revere is 4:37 p.m.
Trained by Phil Sims, Hot Cha Cha took the QE II by 4 ½ lengths under James Graham, who will be aboard Saturday and break from post position seven. Prior to the Keeneland victory, Hot Cha Cha won the Grade III Pucker Up at Arlington Park. Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia installed the daughter of Cactus Ridge was installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite for the Mrs. Revere.
Miss World, trained by Christophe Clement, finished fourth in the QE II in her first start since winning the Garden City. Rajiv Maragh has the return call on Miss World, the 4-1 second choice in the morning line who will break from position three. Both Hot Cha Cha and Miss World will carry 123 pounds and concede 4-6 pounds to their rivals.
Barbara Hunter’s Keertana, the 8-1 co-third choice and winner of the Regret (GIII) here in June, will attempt to become the first filly to win the Regret and Mrs. Revere. Trained by Tom Proctor, Keertana will break from post position 11 under 119 pounds and be ridden by Jesus Castanon. Among the fillies Keertana defeated in the Regret was Mrs. Revere rival Hot Cha Cha, who ran a close third that day.
Also listed at 8-1 is Three Chimneys Racing, LLC’s Miss Keller (IRE), a daughter of Montjeu who just missed last time out as the runner-up to Eye of Taurus in a division of Keeneland’s Valley View (GIII). Jockey Eurico Da Silva will return to the saddle aboard Miss Keller, an Irish import who makes her third start in North America for trainer Roger Attfield, a member of Canada’s Racing Hall of Fame.
The field for the Mrs. Revere, from the hedge out (with jockey, weight and morning line odds), is as follows: C.S. Silk (F. Torres, 117 pounds, 10-1), Kiawah Cat (S. Bridgmohan, 117, 15-1), Miss World (R. Maragh, 123, 4-1), Striking Dancer (R. Albarado, 117, 12-1), Mary’s Follies (K. Desormeaux, 117, 10-1), War Kill (J. Court, 117, 20-1), Hot Cha Cha (J. Graham, 123, 3-1), Bluegrass Princess (J. Velazquez, 117, 12-1), Romacaca (E. Baird, 117, 10-1), Miss Keller (Ire) (E. Da Silva, 117, 8-1), Keertana (J. Castanon, 119, 8-1), Redreamit (C. Borel, 117, 20-1), Obsequious (W. Martinez, 117, 30-1) and Single Solution (E. Perez, 117, 30-1). The also eligibles are Aaroness (S. Bridgmohan, 117, 30-1), Alice’s Smart (L. Goncalves, 117, 30-1) and Bum Bum (Fr) (C. Borel, 117, 30-1).
