Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted February 28, 2020 Journalists Share Posted February 28, 2020 Robert and Lawana Low’s $1.05-million ‘TDN Rising Star’ Spice Is Nice (Curlin), an impressive 12-length victress on debut, will take her first big step toward the GI Kentucky Oaks as a probable favorite in Saturday’s one-mile GII Davona Dale S. at Gulfstream. A daughter of GISW Dame Dorothy (Bernardini), the chestnut was bet strongly to be 11-10 at the off debuting over track and trip Jan. 12 and did not disappoint, squeezing through a narrow rail opening on the turn and rocketing away to a powerful graduation. She has drilled four times since that unveiling at trainer Todd Pletcher’s Palm Beach Downs base, most recently going a half-mile in :49 flat (11/24) Feb. 22. A trio of unbeaten fillies loom as Spice Is Nice’s main foes, led by four-for-four Tonalist’s Shape (Tonalist). Rallying to a local 19-1 upset first out for Juan Avila Sept. 28, the chestnut was privately purchased and transferred to the scorching Saffie Joseph, Jr. barn. Annexing a Gulfstream West allowance Oct. 20, she repeated by nine lengths in the track-and-trip Hut Hut S. Nov. 30 and scored as a prohibitive favorite in the GIII Forward Gal S. here Feb. 1, albeit with just a 70 Beyer, 19 points lower than her Hut Hut number. Tonalist’s Shape will have her fifth different jockey in five starts Saturday, with Tyler Gaffalione taking over for Saudi Arabia-bound Irad Ortiz, Jr. Belladonna Racing’s Bayerness (Bayern) looks to give trainer Cherie DeVaux her first stakes success. Rallying to a sharp 4 1/4-length debut triumph despite a troubled start Oct. 18 at Keeneland, the $350,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic buy repeated in a sloppy-track optional claimer going this trip Nov. 30 at Churchill and has breezed swiftly at Payson Park for this sophomore bow, capping preparations with a half-mile spin in :49 2/5 (2/21) Feb. 22. Len and Jon Green’s Chart (Lea) debuted as a favorite going six furlongs Jan. 19 at Tampa and ran to the money with a 5 1/4-length graduation. The rail-drawn bay shows four sharp breezes in Oldsmar since then for trainer Gary Contessa, including a five-panel work in 1:00 flat (1/28) Feb. 9. Jon Green reported on this week’s TDN Writers’ Room podcast that Chart may scratch to run in Oaklawn’s GIII Honeybee S. Mar. 7. The post Curlin Rising Star ‘Spices’ Up Davona Dale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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