No More Turf for Lisa's Booby Trap

Lisa’s Booby Trap, who suffered the first defeat of her career Thursday when running on turf for the first time in the second division of the $70,000 Riskaverse, has emerged from the race in good order, her owner/trainer Tim Snyder said Friday morning.

Named for Snyder’s late wife and a Florida gentleman’s club, the 3-year-old filly has been a fan favorite at Saratoga this summer, capturing the Loudonville Stakes here on August 6 for her fourth consecutive win following a trio of runaway victories at Finger Lakes.

“She’s doing very well, she just galloped around there yesterday,” Snyder said. “We’re definitely not going to run back on the grass! Even if she started talking and said ‘please put me on the grass again,’ I wouldn’t do it. I’m going to take her to my Mother-in-Law’s farm in Syracuse on Monday. I want to take her away from the track – she needs to relax and she has a stall there where she can be inside or outside eating grass.”

While Snyder has not yet mapped out a plan for the big bay filly, he is contemplating a future start on the main track at Belmont Park.

“I’d like to run her at Belmont,” Snyder said. “Those big turns? I think it would help her.”