Potential for Princess Arabella at Sunland
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Feisty Flirt breaks from the inside post and attempts the 1
1/16 mile distance for the first time. She has won two of her six career
starts, a maiden race at Zia Park last September and an allowance score in the
middle of December at Sunland Park. Both wins came at the six furlong distance.
Her most recent start was an uninspiring 5th place finish in the
Island Fashion Stakes on February 26th at the 1 mile distance. Her
last four works have been exceptionally slow.
Sophisticated broke her maiden by more than 6 lengths in her
most recent start at Sunland Park on March 10th which means she’ll be returning
off just 12 days rest. It took the Comic Strip filly three starts to break her
maiden but she made it count once she did. Her first two maiden efforts were
runner up efforts that saw her finish more than 5 lengths ahead of the third
place finisher both times. She provides an intriguing element to the race but
with just one maiden victory on her record and jumping from 5 ½ furlongs to 1
1/16 miles, it’s asking a lot to expect a winning effort.
Take Me Away Today breaks from post number four and enters
off a 4th place finish in the Island Fashion Stakes, almost eight
lengths ahead of Feisty Flirt in 5th. Two starts back she won the El
Paso Times Stakes at Sunland Park by 2 ¼ lengths after a slow start and a wide
trip. Her latest work was a 5 furlong move completed in 1:01.60.
Glinda the Good could provide the biggest challenge to
Princess Arabella. She is the most experienced runner in the field at facing
graded stakes competition and enters off a strong 3 ½ length victory in the
Island Fashion Stakes over the same Sunland Park dirt strip. She finished 2nd
to Grace Hall in the Blue Hen Stakes last October before a 3rd place
run in the Pocahontas Stakes (gr.2) and a 6th place finish in the
Golden Rod Stakes (gr.2) to finish out her juvenile campaign. The Hard Spun
filly has turned in a few moderate works for trainer Steve Asmussen with the
latest move being a slow :49.20 half mile move. She has plenty of room to
improve and a good juvenile foundation to fall back on.
Ize in Trouble has made just three career starts. She broke
her maiden at first asking by 2 lengths at Sunland Park on December 16th.
In her second start she overcame a rough start to just miss winning by a neck
after producing a good rally in the stretch. Her last start was a second place
finish to Glinda the Good in the Island Fashion Stakes where she finished more
the four lengths in front of the third place finisher. There are no recorded
works since the Island Fashion Stakes so she could be coming into the race
short.
Regal Betty breaks from the far outside post and enters
fresh off a victory in the Arizona Oaks on February 25th. Prior to
the Oaks she finished 5th in the Miesque and Sharp Cat Stakes and 6th
in the Oak Leaf Stakes. She has turned in two good works at Hollywood Park for
trainer John Sadler, including a 1.00.60 five furlong move.
Appearances can sometimes be deceiving, but in this instance
I think Princess Arabella has the potential to produce a very comfortable win.
There is little doubt she has an abundance of talent and could make a very
exciting Kentucky Oaks prospect if she immerges from the Sunland Park Oaks in
good order.
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