Personal Diary, Testa Rossi Top Mrs. Revere Noms

 

Named for the filly that captured four stakes wins under the Twin Spires in the mid-1980s, the Mrs. Revere will be contested at 1 1/16 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course.

 

Personal Diary, trained by Vicki Oliver, was an impressive come-from-behind 2 ¾-length winner of the $300,750 Del Mar Oaks (GI) in August and returned to finish a good third behind impressive Crown Queen in the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI) at Keeneland on Oct. 11. Overall, the daughter of City Zip has earned $315,636 in 11 starts.

 

Personal Diary is one of a dozen Mrs. Revere nominees that has earned more than $200,000: Testa Rossi-FR ($470,439), Shanon Nicole ($377,083), Personal Diary ($315,636), Kiss Moon ($266,676), Kiss to Remember ($249,196), Miss Frost ($241,481), Lady Lara-IRE ($236,664), Daring Dancer ($233,080), Distorted Beauty ($224,300), Sandiva-IRE ($219,330), A Little Bit Sassy ($216,614) and Walk Close ($204,200).

 

Thomas Coleman and James Covello’s Testa Rossi-FR banked a majority of her earnings with a runner-up effort in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (GI). The multiple Grade III winner from the Chad Brown barn hasn’t started since finishing fourth as the favorite in April’s $500,000 Ashland (GI) at Keeneland.

 

Connie Apostelos’ Shanon Nicole, trained by Mike Maker, has captured back-to-back stakes wins in the $205,200 Indiana Grand and $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, both on dirt.

 

Carl Pollard’s Kiss Moon has a pair of stakes wins on turf for trainer Dave Vance: a division of the $75,000 Hatoof at Arlington Park and a gate-to-wire score in the $103,800 TaWee at Indiana Grand.

 

Maggi Moss’ Kiss to Remember was beaten a neck by Kiss Moon in the TaWee after finishing second in the $500,000 Charles Town Oaks (GIII) over seven furlongs for trainer Tom Amoss.

 

Dogwood Stables’ Miss Frost has been training locally with Neil Howard. In August, the Curlin filly led every step of the way en route to a 4 ¾-length romp in the $100,000 Riskaverse at Saratoga while under the care of Tom Albertrani.

 

Ben Sangster and Swettenham Stud’s Lady Lara-IRE got up at the wire after a wide trip in her U.S. debut to land the $200,000 Pebbles at Belmont Park for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. The Alfredo Callejas-trained Distorted Beauty, Christophe Clement trainee Walk Close and the Todd Pletcher-conditioned Sandiva-IRE were second, third and fourth, respectively.

 

Sagamore Farm’s Daring Dancer has two graded stakes wins on the year for trainer Graham Motion: the $200,000 Lake George (GII) at Saratoga and $100,000 Appalachian (GIII) at Keeneland. Most recently, the Empire Maker filly was sixth in the $500,000 Sands Point at Belmont Park on Sept. 13.

 

Ramona Bass’ A Little Bit Sassy crossed the wire first in Churchill Downs’ $111,900 Regret (GIII) on Stephen Foster Handicap Night but was disqualified to fourth for interference in the stretch. She returned to finish a head back of Daring Dancer in the Lake George, but has faltered in her last two starts: a fifth in the Sands Point and a ninth in the $150,000 Valley View at Keeneland on Oct. 17.

 

The Ben Colebrook-trained Sparkling Review, a 2 ¾-length winner of the Valley View for Beverly Anderson and Edward Seltzer, also is nominated to the Mrs. Revere.

 

Other graded stakes winners nominated to the prestigious grass race are RMJ Stables’ $105,000 Boiling Springs (GIII) winner Munirah and the Joan Scott-trained Speed Seeker, winner of the $154,417 Ontario Colleen (GIII) at Woodbine.

 

Source: Churchill Downs Communications