Micheline looking for first graded-stakes win in Regret
Godolphin’s two-time stakes-winning filly Micheline will be in search of her first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s 51st running of the $100,000 Regret (Grade 3), a 1 1/8-mile turf event for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.
The Regret, part of a stakes quartet on Saturday, was carded as Race 11 with a post time of 6:20 p.m. (all times Eastern). The other stakes on Saturday are the $500,000 Stephen Foster (G2), $200,000 Fleur de Lis (G2) and $100,000 Bashford Manor (G3). First post is 1 p.m.
Micheline (8-3-1-1—$147,578), trained by Mike Stidham and ridden by Joe Bravo, scored a 2 1/4-length victory in last month’s $75,000 Honey Ryder Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old filly by Bernardini broke her maiden in her second career start last year in the $106,000 Sorority Stakes at Monmouth. Following an unsuccessful try on dirt in the $400,000 Alcibiades (G1) and an enigmatic eighth-place effort in the $100,000 Chelsey Flower Stakes at Aqueduct, Micheline returned to form in a first-level allowance race at Tampa and a near miss in the $100,000 Sweetest Chant (G3).
Micheline drew post No. 6 for Saturday’s Regret.
Among her rivals in the 13-horse field is The Estate of Harvey Clark and Paul Braverman’s $100,000 Busanda Stakes winner Harvey’s Lil Goil (4-2-0-0—$97,489); Stonestreet Stables’ undefeated Hendy Woods (2-2-0-0—$54,600); Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Wonder Stables’ recent allowance winner Crystal Cliffs (FR) (3-2-0-1—$41,543); and Don Alberto Stable’s stakes winner Dominga (6-3-1-0—$137,220).
All fillies will carry 118 pounds.