It’s Tricky pointed toward the Delaware Handicap says McLaughlin
It’s Tricky, who has dazzled everyone with her ability to make it to the wire first in three starts this season, isn’t ready to stop mystifying everyone with her impressive racing skills, as the Godolphin Racing’s 4-year-old filly look to extend her winning
streak to 4 when she participates in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park on 21 July, 2012.
Her goal for the mid of the season will be a run in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on 26 August, 2012, at Saratoga Race Course at about 1 1/8 miles dirt course. The race has already interested big names like, the 2011 3-year-old champion, Royal Delta, the awesome,
Awesome Maria, and the rampant, ever-so-unpredictable, Plum Pretty.
For that, Kiaran McLaughlin is ready to give It’s Tricky some trick races to prepare the daughter of Mineshaft for some tough races at the mid and the end of the season, with the focus clear on Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park this year.
Bred in Kentucky by Stonerside Stable, It’s Tricky is exiting a solid victory in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap at about 1 1/16 miles on 28 May, 2012, at Belmont Park.
The Ogden Phipps Handicap had lured in a small but a competitive field, which had the likes of Awesome Maria, and She’s All In, but It’s Tricky remained defiant in her approach, and downed Awesome Maria in third, while the pace setter, Cash for Clunkers
finished second.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin had chosen the Molly Pitcher Stakes at Monmouth Park for It’s Tricky’s next start, but the veteran conditioner liked the timing of the Delaware Handicap.
“The timing’s good, the purse is great, we’re pointing that way,” McLaughlin said. “We’re still five or six weeks away. I’ll speak to Simon Crisford as we get closer. It’s not the ideal distance and the track can be a little funny.”
It’s Tricky could face the Ogden Phipps Handicap rival, Awesome Maria, in the Del Cap, which is run over a distance of 1 ¼ miles.
Awesome Maria will be looking to take revenge on It’s Tricky in the Del Cap, because It’s Tricky snapped Awesome Maria’s six race win streak by defeating her in the Ogden Phipps.
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