Kissimmee Kyle, Widrally Meet on FG Turf

Red Oak Stable’s Kissimmee Kyle and Charles Zacney and Edward Johnston’s Wildrally, both stakes-winners at Fair Grounds last season, are set to match strides in Friday’s $45,000 allowance and $40,000 optional claiming co-feature over Fair Grounds Stall-Wilson turf course.

That race over the local lawn, slated at about one-mile, is restricted to accredited Louisiana-breds and has attracted a field of seven.

Kissimmee Kyle, who will be ridden by seven-time Fair Grounds jockey champion Robby Albarado, won the $75,000 Bayou St. John Stakes here last spring and is the 2-1 choice in Friday’s morning line.

Wildrally, slated as the 3-1 second choice, captured last year’s $60,000 Dixie Poker Ace Stakes and will have defending jockey champion and current leading rider Rosie Napravnik in the irons.