Pretty Birdie Returns to Run in Poinsettia Stakes

Pretty Birdie  returns to the track following a more than five-month layoff and looks to regain her form in the $150,000 Poinsettia Stakes for fillies and mares 3 and up at Oaklawn Park Dec. 17.

The gray filly out of Bird Sense  last ran in the July 9 Victory Ride Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park. In that race, after having a shoe repaired in the paddock and stumbling at the start, the frontrunning filly was forced to make up ground early in the opening strides to press for the lead. Those early efforts took their toll, and she faded to finish fifth.

The daughter of Bird Song 's game is speed, as she exhibited in her gate-to-wire victory over the Oaklawn oval in March when capturing the Purple Martin Stakes.

Despite morning-line odds of 3-1, the Marylou Whitney Stables homebred trained by Norm Casse won't be the favorite. That distinction belongs to Carribean Caper , who opens at 5-2.

The Albert Stall Jr.-trained daughter of Speightstown   and Checkupfromzneckup , by Dixie Union, is also no stranger to speed. She won her first five races, the last of which came in last year's Dogwood Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. Owned by Columbine Stable, she's only run twice in 2022, most recently a fourth-place showing in the Thanksgiving Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Entries: Poinsettia S.

Oaklawn Park, Saturday, December 17, 2022, Race 7

• STK
• 5 1/2f
• Dirt
• $150,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 3:18 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Ari Oakley (KY)	Isaac Castillo	122	Steven M. Asmussen	5/1
2	2Carribean Caper (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	115	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	5/2
3	3Novel Squall (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	122	John Alexander Ortiz	4/1
4	4Red Hot Mess (KY)	John Hiraldo	115	Chelsey E. Moysey	20/1
5	5Quick Munny (KY)	Joseph Talamo	117	Jason Barkley	15/1
6	6Sarah Harper (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	122	Ron Moquett	6/1
7	7Pretty Birdie (KY)	David Cabrera	122	Norm W. Casse	3/1
8	8I'm the Boss of Me (KY)	Francisco Arrieta	122	Greg Compton	8/1