Five Fleet Fillies: January 12-18

Wandering Eyes · 2026-01-20T22:20:39Z

This week's list features a pair of Minnesota-breds and one 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' who is now on a two-race win streak.

4 (tie). THUNDERS ROCKNROLL, WRD, 1/12-5th, 6 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure-87
(m, 6, by Maclean's Music–Thunder and Honey, by Thunder Gulch)
O/B-Bob Lindgren (Minn). T-Patrick Swan. J-David Cabrera.
The Minnesota-bred dominated the Wilma Mankiller Stakes by 8 1/2 lengths at Will Rogers Downs for her fifth added-money win. This female line has been kind to prominent Minnesota owner Lindgren, who raced the six-times-stakes-placed dam and well as the dam's half-sister Honey's Sox Appeal, a member of Canterbury Park's Hall of Fame.

4 (tie). SENZA PAROLE, GP, 1/15-7th, 1 mile
Beyer Speed Figure-87
(f, 4, by Gun Runner–Senza Te, by Street Cry)
O-Don Alberto Stable. B-Don Alberto Corporation (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Irad Ortiz Jr.
Circumstances have kept her from fulfilling the potential she showed in her impressive 'TDN Rising Star'-worthy Saratoga debut as a 2-year-old. After that sparkling 94 Beyer, a chipped knee sidelined her for a year, then she lost her two comeback starts. But she now has won two straight, and this seven-length romp was especially encouraging. Don Alberto paid $700,000 in 2013 at Keeneland November to acquire her Grade III-winning granddam Sacristy, and the book isn't closed yet on Senza Parole's career.

3. LUCKY SPEECH, FG, 1/17-9th, 1 1/16th (turf)
Beyer Speed Figure-88 (3rd)
(m, 5, by Audible–Luckyallmylife, by Lookin At Lucky
O-Millennium Stable. B-Delia Nash & Jun Park (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-James Graham.
A rail trip helped her finish a well-beaten third in the Marie Krantz Stakes at 72-1 odds, but the race was fast enough that she still earned a career-best Beyer. Out of a Turfway Park stakes winner, owner Ro Parra took her for $105,000 in 2022 at Keeneland September.

2. CUPID'S CRUSH, FG, 1/17-9th, 1 1/16th (turf)
Beyer Speed Figure-96 (2nd)
(m, 6, by Cupid–Dazzlingsweetheart, by Dazzling Falls)
O-Xtreme Racing Stables. B-Mary & Eric Von Seggern and Barry & Joni Butzow (Minn). T-Hugh Robertson. J-Martin Pedroza Jr.
The second Minnesota-bred on this week's list, she's now been second in the Marie Krantz Stakes in back-to-back runnings. She controlled the pace at 27-1 odds, kicked home in :23.27 and would've won by 4 1/4 lengths had Medoro not been in the field. Owners Mike and Vicki McGowan paid just $40,000 for her at a 2021 Minnesota yearling sale even though her dam was a Canterbury Park stakes winner. Cupid's Crush has won five stakes at Canterbury.

1. MEDORO, FG, 1/17-9th, 1 1/16th (turf)
Beyer Speed Figure-97
(m, 5, by Honor Code–Achira, by English Channel)
O-C R K Stable. B-Parks Investment Group (Ky). T-Peter Eurton. J-Jose Ortiz.
Off the board for the first time in her career thanks to a disastrous trip in the GI Matriarch Stakes, she made amends with a fast number at Fair Grounds in the ungraded Marie Krantz Memorial. Her owner-breeder Lee Searing spent $140,000 in 2019 to buy into one of the late Jerry Moss's best female families with the acquisition of dam Achira, out of a full sister to Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo.