Little Miss Curlin Takes Aim at Miss Preakness

Now in the barn of Hall of Famer Steve Amsussen, Little Miss Curlin  takes on the $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) May 15 at Laurel Park.

Previously trained by Patrick Devereux Jr., the 3-year-old daughter of Charlatan   is 5-for-6 in her lifetime. In her last start April 2, she won an allowance optional claiming race by 2 3/4 lengths at Oaklawn Park. Little Miss Curlin broke her maiden Oct. 22 against state-bred company, and then won three consecutive Louisiana-bred restricted stakes races, all at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Her lone loss came in the open-company Dixie Belle Stakes, a race in which she finished fourth behind Mark Casse's French Friction . The Miss Preakness distance serves as an advantage to her, as four of her five wins have come at the 6-furlong distance. Owned by her breeders, Coteau Grove Farms, she will be looking to make her first start in graded stakes company a winning one. 

In a field of seven, she will face Saffie Joseph Jr.'s Tessellate , who won the Sophomore Fillies Stakes in her last start March 29 at Tampa Bay Downs, as well as Chad Summers and Gold Square's Lights Out Leni , who will be making just her second start in the Miss Preakness. She broke her maiden going 6 1/2 furlongs April 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack.