La Troienne
May 1, 2013 15:42:46 GMT -5
Post by cait on May 1, 2013 15:42:46 GMT -5
really like this horse! hope she wins
Believe You Can hoping to make it two in a row under the Twin Spires
The star of last year's Kentucky Oaks, Believe You Can, will play a prominent supporting role on Oaks Day 2013 when she heads a field of seven older fillies and mares in the Grade 2, $300,000 La Troienne over 1 1/16 miles, the first of five undercard stakes on Friday's blockbuster 12-race program at Churchill Downs.
Believe You Can's sophomore campaign ended prematurely one race after the Oaks, following a distant third-place effort in the June 23 Mother Goose at Belmont Park. The Proud Citizen filly, a homebred racing for former Kentucky governor Brereton Jones, bounced back in a strong way over the winter at Fair Grounds, taking both the Tiffany Lass and New Orleans Ladies by wide margins over suspect company.
Another whose three-year-old season was abbreviated, On Fire Baby, turned in a surprise front-running win in the April 12 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park in her first start in more than 10 months. The gray daughter of Smoke Glacken was the top juvenile filly at the 2011 fall meet, sweeping the Pocahontas and Golden Rod, and later went on to win the Honeybee prior to the Oaks, where she finished fifth behind Believe You Can.
Looking to upset the top pair are California shipper More Chocolate and the Todd Pletcher-trained Authenticity. More Chocolate, who made her first seven starts on grass, took to dirt right away with a 1 1/2-length victory in the January 20 La Canada at Santa Anita. She was most recently second, four lengths adrift of Joyful Victory, in the March 16 Santa Margarita at Santa Anita.
Authenticity, a six-year-old with just six career starts, romped by more than 17 lengths in an entry-level allowance at Gulfstream in mid-February, and then was second to stablemate Ciao Bella in a modest renewal of the Rampart at Gulfstream Park.
The La Troienne field is completed by Canadian Grade 3 winner Class Included; Imposing Grace, who chased Believe You Can in both New Orleans outings earlier this year; and Grade 1-placed Draw It, who recently passed her first allowance condition at Oaklawn.
Believe You Can, who enjoyed two easy wins at Fair Grounds, faces a stiffer test in the La Troienne
(Jamie Hernandez/Hodges Photography)
www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/editorial/news/article.cgi?id=36342&from=656
Bris PP's
www.churchilldowns.com/sites/churchilldowns.com/files/La%20Troienne%20pps.pdf
Believe You Can hoping to make it two in a row under the Twin Spires
The star of last year's Kentucky Oaks, Believe You Can, will play a prominent supporting role on Oaks Day 2013 when she heads a field of seven older fillies and mares in the Grade 2, $300,000 La Troienne over 1 1/16 miles, the first of five undercard stakes on Friday's blockbuster 12-race program at Churchill Downs.
Believe You Can's sophomore campaign ended prematurely one race after the Oaks, following a distant third-place effort in the June 23 Mother Goose at Belmont Park. The Proud Citizen filly, a homebred racing for former Kentucky governor Brereton Jones, bounced back in a strong way over the winter at Fair Grounds, taking both the Tiffany Lass and New Orleans Ladies by wide margins over suspect company.
Another whose three-year-old season was abbreviated, On Fire Baby, turned in a surprise front-running win in the April 12 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park in her first start in more than 10 months. The gray daughter of Smoke Glacken was the top juvenile filly at the 2011 fall meet, sweeping the Pocahontas and Golden Rod, and later went on to win the Honeybee prior to the Oaks, where she finished fifth behind Believe You Can.
Looking to upset the top pair are California shipper More Chocolate and the Todd Pletcher-trained Authenticity. More Chocolate, who made her first seven starts on grass, took to dirt right away with a 1 1/2-length victory in the January 20 La Canada at Santa Anita. She was most recently second, four lengths adrift of Joyful Victory, in the March 16 Santa Margarita at Santa Anita.
Authenticity, a six-year-old with just six career starts, romped by more than 17 lengths in an entry-level allowance at Gulfstream in mid-February, and then was second to stablemate Ciao Bella in a modest renewal of the Rampart at Gulfstream Park.
The La Troienne field is completed by Canadian Grade 3 winner Class Included; Imposing Grace, who chased Believe You Can in both New Orleans outings earlier this year; and Grade 1-placed Draw It, who recently passed her first allowance condition at Oaklawn.
Believe You Can, who enjoyed two easy wins at Fair Grounds, faces a stiffer test in the La Troienne
(Jamie Hernandez/Hodges Photography)
www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/editorial/news/article.cgi?id=36342&from=656
Bris PP's
www.churchilldowns.com/sites/churchilldowns.com/files/La%20Troienne%20pps.pdf