Musical Romance will take on a tough field in the Inside Information Stakes
The 5-year-old mare, Musical Romance, who locked the champion female sprinter honours for 2011, after winning the Grade 1 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint last fall at Churchill Downs, disappointed in her season bow on 28 January, 2012, when
she finished fourth in the Sunshine Millions Filly-Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park over a distance of 6 furlongs to winner, It’s Me Mom.
However, the champion, Musical Romance, will have a chance to redeem herself in the Grade 2, $150,000 Inside Information on 17 March, 2012, over at Gulfstream Park’s dirt course at about seven furlongs against a tough field of 11, 4-year-old and above fillies
and mares.
Co-owned and trained by Bill Kaplan, Musical Romance had some bad luck in her debut race, which added to her losing streak at Gulfstream Park’s dirt course, where she has gone 5 starts without a win.
She wasn’t worked at Gulfstream Park after her 4th place finish there in her last start, her trainer opted for her home base of Calder Race Course and Slots for both her works, and has chosen her regular rider to Juan Levya to mount her, as the
pair will break from post number 5 in the seven furlong sprint.
“She grabbed herself pretty good coming out of the gate,” said Kaplan, eregarding her troubled trip last time around. “A horse outside of her acted up just as the gate opened. She also bent a shoe and took a piece of a quarter off. There was actually a small
puncture wound (foot), but she‘s fine now and ready to go.”
The Inside Information will not be an easy race for Musical Romance, as the race reeled in some talented female sprinters, the likes of R Holiday Mood, who has already posted pair of wins over the track for the leading trainer of the meet, Todd Pletcher.
The seasoned, Groupie Doll, who is all so consistent each time she takes the track will be a force to be reckoned with, while the grade 1 winner, Her Smile, will also get a chance to flash her brilliance in the Inside Information.
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