Assigned 123 Lbs, Overheard May Skip Cardinal
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Weights for Saturday’s $100,000-added Cardinal Handicap (GIII) have been released and two-time graded stakes winner Overheard is the 123-pound high weight for the 41st edition of the 1 1/8-mile turf event, the final turf stakes offered by Churchill Downs in 2014.
Pin Oak Stable’s Overheard boasts a record of 14-5-5-4 with earnings of $491,340, but her trainer Malcolm Pierce told Churchill Downs on Saturday that the filly was unlikely to start in the Cardinal.
The 121-pound starting high weight could be the Armando De la cerda-trained La Tia, who prevailed by a neck on Oct. 12 to take Belmont Park’s $200,000 Athenia (GIII). Her 2014 resume also includes victories in the $150,000 Arlington Matron (GIII) and $144,053 Ontario Matron (GIII). Overall, the 5-year-old mare has banked $803,326 from a 22-9-1-5 record.
On Saturday, La Tia breezed five furlongs at Hawthorne Race Course in :58.60, the fastest time of 23 workers at the distance.
Trainer Graham Motion has a likely Cardinal Handicap starter in Julie’s Love-GB (116 pounds), who finished third in her last outing, Woodbine’s $184,886 Maple Leaf (GIII) on Nov. 1. The 6-year-old mare has $430,139 in earnings from a record of 28-5-8-6.
Other likely starters according to Churchill Downs’ stakes coordinator Dan Bork: Northern Passion (117), Royal Fury (116), Antonia Autumn (114) and Honey Lake (113).
Source: Churchill Downs Communications
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