Five Fleet Fillies Of The Week, Feb. 2-8

Wandering Eyes · 2026-02-10T21:22:48Z

Big returns to the races was the hallmark of many of the five fleet fillies this week, but it wasn't the 2025 champ who took down the number one spot.

5. ME AND MOLLY McGEE, SA, 2/7-6th, 7 furlongs (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure-93 (2nd).
(f, 4, by Vekoma-Molly McGee, by Quality Road)
O-Exline-Border Racing, Aaron Kennedy, Mike Burns, Susanna Wilson and Dan Hudock. B-Four Pillars Holdings (Ky). T-Peter Eurton. J-Hector Berrios.
This was a best-case-scenario return after she was vanned off the Saratoga track following the GI Test Stakes last August with a left-hind splint bone fracture and a laceration. Fortunately, her injuries didn't require surgery, and she made a splashy comeback in the GII D. Wayne Lukas Stakes despite the layoff to clearly hold second behind 2/5 Splendora (below) after setting the fractions–and now she's Grade II stakes placed.

4. RUNAMILEINMYSHOES, SA, 2/6-8th, 1 mile (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure-94
(m, 5, by Street Boss-Intoitagain, by Into Mischief)
O-Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber. B-Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal (Cal). T-Peter Miller. J-Emisael Jaramillo.
First time back off a $50,000 claim, she immediately picked up a $54,600 payday with a solid win. And it was on dirt, which might be the key. She had run 17 of her 19 races on grass, but now is 3-for-3 on dirt–and even if you don't look at figures, this jumps out as her strongest effort to date. She's well named, too: 15 of her 20 starts have been at a mile.

3. SPLENDORA, SA, 2/7-6th, 7 furlongs (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure-96.
(m, 5, by Audible-Miss Freeze, by Frost Giant)
O-By Talla Racing. B-The Elkstone Group (Md). T-Bob Baffert. J-Juan Hernandez.

Splendora | Benoit

The talented GI PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint heroine picked up right where she left off in the newly- christened D. Wayne Lukas Stakes, and this time even overcame a somewhat sluggish break. She lost an Eclipse Award to Shisospicy (Mitole) in what looked like a coin-flip decision, but that's the only loss she has suffered over the last 6 1/2 months.

2. NITROGEN, OP, 2/7-9th, 1 1/16 miles (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure-97.
(f, 4, by Medaglia d'Oro-Tiffany Case, by Uncle Mo)
O/B-D J Stable (Ky). T-Mark Casse. J-Jose Ortiz.
Jose Ortiz rode her like a 1/5 shot, and once he woke her up at the 3/16ths she powered past improving stablemate Nerazurri (Protonico) and the GIII Bayakoa Stakes trophy was in the case. With his 1-2 finish, Casse's 45% Oaklawn juggernaut continues and Nitrogen surely looms the early favorite for the Apr. 11 GI Apple Blossom Handicap.

1. MOON SPUN, GP, 2/7-10th, 5 furlongs (turf) (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure-99.
(m, 5, by Hard Spun-Moonlit Bay, by Malibu Moon)
O-Town and Country Racing. B-Jack Liebau Sr (Ky). T-Brian Lynch. J-Javier Castellano.
“She always beats the gate,” jockey Javier Castellano said of Moon Spun, and that was definitely the case in Gulfstream's Ladies Turf Sprint. She can be tough and spirited, and the waters will surely get much deeper than this ungraded stakes–but she has won four straight including three her return from a forced 13-month layoff.