Catch a Glimpse Heads a Field of 13 in Appalachian
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Gary Barber, Michael Ambler and Windways Farm’s Catch a Glimpse, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) here last fall and the 2015 Canadian Horse of the Year, heads a field of 11 3-year-old fillies entered Sunday for the 28th running of the $125,000 Appalachian (G3) Presented by Japan Racing Association.
The one-mile turf race will go as the eighth race on Thursday’s nine-race program with a 4:57 p.m. ET post time. First post time Thursday is 1:05 p.m.
Trained by Mark Casse, Catch a Glimpse is undefeated in four starts on the turf with other stakes victories coming in the Natalma (G2) and the Herecomesthebride (G3).
Florent Geroux, who has been aboard the City Zip filly for her past three wins, retains the mount Thursday and will break from post position eight.
Chief rivals to Catch a Glimpse figure to be Amerman Racing Stable’s Baciami Piccola (GB) and Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Ava’s Kitten.
Trained by Brian Lynch, Baciami Piccola won the Florida Oaks (G3) in her U.S. debut on March 12 at Tampa Bay Downs. A winner of two of four career starts, Baciami Piccola will be ridden by Julien Leparoux and break from post position 11.
Ava’s Kitten finished fifth in the Florida Oaks as the favorite in her 2016 debut. Trained by Chad Brown, Ava’s Kitten will be ridden by Javier Castellano and break from post position five.
The field for the Appalachian, with rider and weight, from the inside is: Spinamiss (IRE) (John Velazquez, 118 pounds), Outsider Art (Drayden Van Dyke, 118), Dothraki Queen (Corey Lanerie, 118), Recognition (Robby Albarado, 118), Ava’s Kitten (Castellano, 120), Miss Katie Mae (IRE) (James Graham, 118), Princess Princess (Luis Saez, 118), Catch a Glimpse (Geroux, 123), Felt in Pocket (Flavien Prat, 118), Auntie Joy (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118) and Baciami Piccola (GB) (Leparoux, 120).
Source: Keeneland
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