Lisa's Booby Trap Returns to Saratoga
Lisa’s Booby Trap, winner of last year’s Loudonville Stakes, worked a half-mile in a bullet 46.22 this morning on the main track in preparation for Monday’s $75,000 Rachel Alexandra at seven furlongs.
The move, under jockey Dennis Carr, was the fastest of 34 at the distance.
Owned and trained by Tim Snyder, Lisa’s Booby Trap drew national attention last year when she came to Saratoga having won three straight at Finger Lakes , remaining undefeated with a six-length victory as the 3-2 favorite. In her next start, she was 10th in the Riskaverse on the turf later in the meet, and closed out her 3-year-old campaign with a third-place finish at Finger Lakes.
Given six months off over the winter, Lisa’s Booby Trap – whose name was inspired in part by Snyder’s late wife, who died of ovarian cancer in 2003 – has won two of her three 2011 starts, all at Finger Lakes.
“She’s filled out since last year,” said Snyder of Lisa’s Booby Trap, who is the only horse in his care. “Last year she was kind of gangly. She’s just kind of peaking now. I think she should be undefeated this year, but for racing luck. But things happen.”
Snyder said if the 4-year-old Drewman filly runs well in the Rachel Alexandra, he would think about starting her in the Grade 1 Ballerina on Travers Day, Saturday, August 27.
“She’s not in the winner’s circle yet,” cautioned Snyder. “But if she wins this race as easy as the last one, we’ll look at the Ballerina.”