WEEKEND STAKES: WHERE TO WATCH brought to you by KBC Horse Supplies
Friday, November 13th, 2009
This weekend is the predictable “calm after the storm”, and though there are plenty of restricted stakes on the country’s racing agenda, only one track has an American graded stakes on its schedule. Churchill Downs will run complimentary stakes; Saturday’s card features the G2 Mrs. Revere for 3-year-old fillies, and its counterpart, the Commonwealth Turf (G3) for 3-year-old colts and geldings, will be Sunday’s feature. Both races are 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
The Mrs. Revere has a full field going postward, including five fillies from Keeneland’s G3 Valley View which was so over-subscribed that it was run in two divisions. The winner of one of the divisions, Bluegrass Princess, is competing here, as is Miss Keller and Keertana, the runner-up and third-place finishers of the other division. Hot Cha Cha and Miss World are the fillies to beat, though; they’re coming out of the more prestigious G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, also run at Keeneland last month. Hot Cha Cha won the QEII by over four lengths, and previous to that, was victorious in the G3 Pucker Up at Arlington Park. Miss World posted an upset win in the G1 Garden City before running fourth in the Queen Elizabeth.
Get Stormy comes into the Commonwealth Turf with a three-race winning streak, including his last out, Keeneland’s G3 Bryan Station. The son of Stormy Atlantic will be challenged by the likes of Proceed Bee who most recently won the G3 Hawthorne Derby. Hot trainer Kiaran McLaughlin has two entries here—Street Move and the Darley-owned Florentino.
Aqueduct had carded the G3 Stuyvesant for this weekend but it was canceled due to lack of entries; it will not be rescheduled this year.
