Whipsaw City, Trix in the City head-to-head in Glowing Honor Stakes
The Glowing Honor Stakes is going to produce plenty of drama, as Whipsaw City and Trix in the City lock horns in the $85,000 event, taking place on the Widener course on Thursday, June 28th. The 7-furlong event has attracted 11 quality runners,
but the aforementioned pair is likely to get the maximum number of bets.
Whipsaw City was super impressive at the start of her career. In the hands of J. Leparoux, the juvenile sealed two back-to-back triumphs at Gulfstream Park. She was quite fascinating on both occasions, making no mistake whatsoever.
After grabbing two straight wins, Chad C. Brown’s charge lost her winning momentum and as a result, finished fifth over seven furlongs at Keeneland. She demonstrated another unimpressive show last month, when ending up sixth behind Ruthenia in the Grade
3 Violet at Monmouth Park.
The filly could not come up with something decent on her last two starts, but the handler is hopeful for a positive outcome this time. Referring to Whipsaw City’s two consecutive victories on turf at Gulfstream Park, he stated that Whipsaw City has a good
chance today.
“You can throw out” the Madison, Brown said. “Her two races on the turf [at Gulfstream] were good.”
On the other hand, Trix in the City looks full of spirit following a well-deserved second position at Belmont Park last month. The Genuine Devotion saw her finishing second behind Going to Kukaro.
The Richard A. Violette-trained got her act together quickly after displaying a pathetic show at Gulfstream Park. She clinched a comfortable win at Saratoga, but completely lost her direction after that, finishing eighth behind Daveron in the Ballston Spa.
Her misery continued at Gulfstream Park, where she was terrible in the hands of P. Lopez. A couple of embarrassing outcome did not dent her confidence, as she did a reasonable job last time out.
The 6-year-old mare has developed a knack of springing up a surprise and Richard A. Violette Jr. is expecting his charge to deliver a special performance today. On her recent show, the handler said: “When they left her alone the first quarter of a mile,
I said, Oh, this is very cool.”
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