Will Kari's Texas-bred homebred She's Pretty Lucky, a 23-1 winner in her racing debut in the Churchill Downs September Meet, will face nine rivals in Sunday's $80,000 Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes on the "Stars of Tomorrow I" program at Churchill Downs. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)
Jockey Joe Rocco Jr. will ride Will Kari's She's Pretty Lucky in Sunday's $80,,000 Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes on the opening day of the Fall Meet at Churchill Downs. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)
Michael Dubb's Monomoy Girl, unbeaten in two starts on turf for trainer Brad Cox, moves to the main track for Sunday's $80,000 Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)
Calumet Farm's Foxtrot Sally, a winner in her second career start during the September Meet at Churchill Downs, makes her stakes debut in Sunday's $80,000 Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)
Will Kari’s homebred She’s Pretty Lucky and Monomoy Stables and Michael Dubb’s Monomoy Girl top competitive field of 10 2-year-old fillies in Sunday’s $80,000-added Rags to Riches Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The one-mile Rags to Riches is carded as Race 8 with a scheduled first post of 4:30 p.m. (all times Eastern). The 11-race “Stars of Tomorrow” juvenile showcase also includes the $80,000-added Street Sense Overnight Stakes, $200,000 Spendthrift Juvenile Stallion Stakes, and $200,000 Spendthrift Juvenile Filly Stallion Stakes. The first race is 1 p.m.
Gutsy maiden-winner She’s Pretty Lucky, a 2-year-old daughter by Lookin At Lucky, scored a 23-1 upset in her career debut over seven furlongs at Churchill Downs on Sept. 30 for trainer Eddie Kenneally. The Texas-bred filly will break from post position 2 with Joe Rocco Jr. getting the return call.
Monomoy Girl is undefeated in two starts over the turf for trainer Brad Cox. The 2-year-old filly by Tapizar rallied from off the pace in her Sept. 5 debut at Indiana Grand, then recorded a wire-to-wire victory at Churchill Downs on Sept. 28 in a first-level allowance race. A $100,000 purchase at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Monomoy Girl will switch surfaces to the dirt and break from post position 6 with jockey Florent Geroux aboard.
The Rags to Riches field from the rail out (with jockey and assigned weight): Missap (Dean Sarvis, 122 pounds); She’s Pretty Lucky (Rocco, 118); Over Thinking (Jon Court, 118); Saguaro Row (Corey Lanerie, 118); Dark Artist (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118); Monomoy Girl (Geroux, 120); Firstmate (Gabriel Saez, 122); Queen Mum (Julien Leparoux, 118); Grats Road (Robby Albarado, 118); and Foxtrot Sally (James Graham, 118).
