Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted September 28, 2018 Journalists Share Posted September 28, 2018 A field of 10 juvenile fillies, including three stakes winners and a main track only entrant, have been entered for the GII Ms. Grillo S. at Belmont Park on Sunday, yet it’s one of the contenders with only one start to her name that will be heavily favored. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), trained by Chad Brown, made her lone start at the same 1 1/16-mile distance over a yielding Saratoga course in a Aug. 19 maiden special weight and won like a good horse should, powering clear to a 6 3/4-length victory while being geared down. She brings by far the field’s highest Beyer Speed Figure of 78 to the contest. Miss Technicality (Gio Ponti) can’t be overlooked in this field either. She has done nothing wrong in her short career for conditioner Christophe Clement, taking a July 6 maiden special weight at Belmont after hitting the gate at the start. She then parlayed that effort into a six-length win in the Exacta Systems Juvenile Filles S. at Kentucky Downs Sept. 1. Her half-sister Stays in Vegas (City Zip) is a Grade III winner over the lawn as well. The cleverly named Dogtag (War Front–Diamond Necklace) faltered to fourth in her rained-off Aug. 5 debut at the Spa, but her connections thought enough of her to go straight into the P.G. Johnson S. at the Spa Aug. 30 at this same distance for her grass debut as a maiden. She didn’t disappoint, winning by a length. Her trainer, the aforementioned Brown, has won this race six out of the last 10 years. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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