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La Crete wins her debut in 2021 at Churchill Downs

Off an easy win in her debut at Churchill Downs Nov. 20, Stonestreet Stables' La Crete  has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite against five rivals for the $150,000 Silverbulletday Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 22.

By Medaglia d'Oro  , La Crete is a half sister to Clairiere , last year's winner of the Rachel Alexandra Stakes Presented by Fasig-Tipton (G2) and Cotillion Stakes (G1). Stonestreet owns both fillies, and Steve Asmussen trains the duo.

"Different filly, out of the great Cavorting ," said Asmussen, who has won the Silverbulletday four times. "She is not as mature at the same age as Clairiere, mentally or physically." 

Unlike her more accomplished sibling who has done most of her work from off the pace, La Crete went straight to the lead in her lone start, and she was never menaced in that 2 1/4-length triumph.

"I was very impressed with her first race," Asmussen said. "She would have benefited from having a first-level allowance race, but due to lack of entries that option was not available to her. She's trained nicely at the Fair Grounds."

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From post 5, La Crete will get the riding services of Joel Rosario in the Silverbulletday, a race at a mile and 70 yards that offers Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1 basis to its top four finishers.

Sweet as Pie - Maiden Win, Belmont Park, October 8, 2021
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Sweet as Pie breaks her maiden last October at Belmont Park

Off a maiden win and a fourth in the Tempted Stakes at Belmont Park, Westerberg, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith's Sweet as Pie  invades from her base at Palm Beach Downs in South Florida to contest the Silverbulletday for trainer Todd Pletcher.

"We tried to get her into an allowance race at Gulfstream that didn't go," Pletcher explained. "We were looking around for opportunities to stretch her out around two turns to continue her development. This race was kind of a short field, but there are some pretty high-quality fillies in there so we will get a gauge of where we are at."

The daughter of Tapit   will break from post 4 with Florent Geroux aboard as the 5-2 co-second choice.

Columbine Stable's Fannie and Freddie  swings back off a recent second behind the undefeated North County  in the Untapable Stakes for trainer Al Stall Jr. The daughter of Malibu Moon  won her two-turn debut in the start prior, and she looked home free in the stretch of her stakes debut, only to be run down late. Her form is much improved since she began routing.

With Colby Hernandez back aboard, Fanny and Freddie will break from the rail as the 5-2 co-second choice.  

Nelson McMakin and Aaron Kennedy's Bernabreezy  makes her stakes debut in career start number three off an eye-popping local maiden win over 1 1/16 miles for trainer Matt Shirer. In both of her career starts, the daughter of Bernardini  has spotted the field with sluggish starts. James Graham rides.

Miss Chamita  and Candy Raid  complete the short lineup.

Besides the Lecomte Stakes (G3) and Louisiana Stakes (G3) Saturday at Fair Grounds, the card includes the $100,000 Marie G. Krantz Memorial Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on turf; the $100,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Stakes for older males over the same trip; and the $100,000 Duncan F. Kenner Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf for male sprinters.

The unbeaten Janelle Monae , a three-time group 1 winner in her native Brazil, makes her U.S. debut in the Krantz, while grade 1 winner Two Emmys  heads the Bradley. Just Might , a seven-time stakes winner in 2021, tops the Kenner.


Entries: Duncan F. Kenner S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, January 22, 2022, Race 8

  • STK
  • 5 1/2f
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 3:25 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Sir Alfred James (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John McKee 118 Norman L. Cash 5/1
2 2Cowan (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 118 Steven M. Asmussen 8/1
3 3Classy John (LA) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Sturges J. Ducoing 15/1
4 4Strike Me Down (ON) Deshawn L. Parker 118 Michelle Lovell 12/1
5 5Just Might (KY) Colby J. Hernandez 120 Michelle Lovell 8/5
6 6Frosted Grace (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Florent Geroux 118 Thomas M. Amoss 6/1
7 7Manny Wah (KY) Corey J. Lanerie 118 Wayne M. Catalano 3/1
8 8Mr. Hustle (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Mitchell Murrill 118 Juan Munoz Cano 10/1


Entries: Marie G. Krantz Memorial S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, January 22, 2022, Race 10

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 4:23 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Abscond (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Adam Beschizza 118 Eddie Kenneally 3/1
2 2Catch a Bid (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Joe Sharp 8/1
3 3Touch of Class (KY) Florent Geroux 118 Bernard S. Flint 20/1
4 4Lovely Ride (KY) Reylu Gutierrez 122 W. Bret Calhoun 12/1
5 5Summer in Saratoga (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Corey J. Lanerie 124 Joe Sharp 7/2
6 6Adelaide Miss (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Colby J. Hernandez 118 Brittany T. Russell 15/1
7 7Out of Sorts (KY) Angel Suarez 118 Brittany T. Russell 12/1
8 8Janelle Monae (BRZ) Joel Rosario 124 Brad H. Cox 8/1
9 9Assertive Style (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Orlando Mojica 118 Chris A. Hartman 20/1
10 10Pass the Plate (KY) Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. 118 Paul J. McGee 6/1
11 11Princess Theorem (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate James Graham 118 Brendan P. Walsh 12/1
12 12Dawn's Dancer (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Mitchell Murrill 118 Christopher Davis 20/1


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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, January 22, 2022, Race 11

  • STK
  • 1m 70y
  • Dirt
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 4:52 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Fannie and Freddie (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Colby J. Hernandez 122 Albert M. Stall, Jr. 5/2
2 2Bernabreezy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate James Graham 122 Matt A. Shirer 9/2
3 3Miss Chamita (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John McKee 122 Norman L. Cash 15/1
4 4Sweet as Pie (KY) Florent Geroux 122 Todd A. Pletcher 5/2
5 5La Crete (KY) Joel Rosario 122 Steven M. Asmussen 2/1
6 6Candy Raid (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose Riquelme 122 J. Keith Desormeaux 15/1


Entries: Colonel E. R. Bradley S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, January 22, 2022, Race 12

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 5:20 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Logical Myth (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Adam Beschizza 118 Joe Sharp 12/1
2 2Halo Again (ON)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 122 Steven M. Asmussen 6/1
3 3Cavalry Charge (KY) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Dallas Stewart 8/1
4 4Own Agenda (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Colby J. Hernandez 118 Cherie DeVaux 10/1
5 5Major Fed (KY) Florent Geroux 118 Gregory D. Foley 10/1
6 6Two Emmys (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate James Graham 124 Hugh H. Robertson 3/1
7 7Excess Magic (KY) Reylu Gutierrez 122 W. Bret Calhoun 8/1
8 8Monarchs Glen (GB)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joe Bravo 118 Michael J. Maker 8/1
9 9Bodecream (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Deshawn L. Parker 118 Jeffrey S. Englehart 8/1
10 10Lucky Curlin (KY) Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. 118 Mark E. Casse 12/1
11 11Dyn O Mite (KY) Corey J. Lanerie 118 J. Keith Desormeaux 12/1
12 12Forty Under (KY) Mitchell Murrill 118 Michael J. Maker 12/1