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Anita
Cauley’s On Fire Baby, who finished second in this race a year ago,
will take on five fillies and mares in the 29th running of the
$300,000-added La Troienne (GI).
Trained by Gary Hartlage
and ridden by Joe Johnson, On Fire Baby won the 2013 Apple Blossom (GI)
and also has two stakes victories here in 2011 Golden Rod (GII) and
Pocahontas (GII). On Fire Baby will break from
post position six.
Chief among the rivals for On Fire Baby is Repole Stable’s Unlimited Budget.
Third in the Kentucky Oaks
(GI) last year and sixth against the colts in the Belmont Stakes (GI),
Unlimited Budget is trained by Todd Pletcher and will be ridden by John
Velazquez. Second in the Rampart (GIII) in
her most recent start, Unlimited Budget will break from post position
three.
The field for the La
Troienne that will go as the fifth race with a 12:43 p.m. post time,
from the rail out, is as follows: Molly Morgan (Corey Lanerie, 118
pounds), Liberated (Stewart Elliott, 118), Unlimited Budget
(Velazquez, 118), Magic Union (Jose Lezcano, 118), Devil’s Cave (Javier
Castellano, 120) and On Fire Baby (Johnson, 118).
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