Charm the Maker Back on Turf in Megahertz

Charm the Maker attempts to make amends for one of the most disappointing performances of her career when she runs in Saturday’s $75,000 Megahertz Stakes for older fillies and mares at one mile on turf.

The 5-year-old Empire Maker mare trained by Ron McAnally for his wife wife, Debbie, who bred her along with her husband, finished eighth by 18 ¼ lengths in the Grade II Bayakoa at Hollywood on Dec. 7.

“Horses were all running one-two in that race and (Rafael) Bejarano rushed her a little bit too much and then she got a lot of crap in her face,” the Hall of Fame trainer recounted. “She’s back on the grass now and we’ll see how she runs.”

The field for the Megahertz, named for the diminutive stakes-winning distaff stretch runner trained by the late Bobby Frankel: Gulsary, Mike Smith; Moone’s My Name, Rafael Bejarano; Charlie Em, Corey Nakatani; Dancingtothestars, Mario Gutierrez; Lady Ten, Edwin Maldonado; Fanticola, Joe Talamo; and Charm the Maker, Patrick Valenzuela.