Wavell Avenue Headlines Deep Humana Distaff
Michael Dubb, David Simon, Head of Plains Partners and Bethlehem Stables’ Wavell Avenue, winner of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (GI) at Keeneland, heads a deep field of 10 for the 30th running of the $300,000 Humana Distaff (GI) at seven furlongs on the main track.
The Humana Distaff will go as the eighth race with a 2:45 p.m. post time.
Trained by Chad Brown, Wavell Avenue finished third in her 2016 debut in the Madison (GI) at Keeneland. Joel Rosario has the mount and will break from post position 10.
Main threats to Wavell Avenue are coming from the West Coast and the East Coast.
Coming in from California is Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and John Magnier’s Taris. Trained by Simon Callaghan, Taris is a four-time graded stakes winner and enters the Humana Distaff off a runner-up effort in the Santa Margarita (GI). Flavien Prat has the mount and will break from post position eight.
Coming in from Florida is Stoneway Farm’s Stonetastic. Trained by Kelly Breen, the multiple graded-stakes winner is riding a two-race win streak with the most recent coming in the Inside Information (GII) at Gulfstream Park on March 19. Paco Lopez has the mount and will break from post position two.
The field for the Humana Distaff, with riders and weights from the inside, is: Sarah Sis (Florent Geroux, 120 pounds), Stonetastic (Lopez, 120), You Bought Her (Chris Landeros, 118), Spelling Again (Luis Saez, 120), Super Saks (Channing Hill, 120), Enchanting Lady (Javier Castellano, 118), Kathballu (Julien Leparoux, 118), Taris (Prat, 120), Birdatthewire (Mike Smith, 123) and Wavell Avenue (Rosario, 123).
Source: Churchill Downs