Frivolous Likely for Falls City, Not Clark

G. Watts Humphrey's Frivolous is more likely to defend her title in Thanksgiving Day's $200,000 Falls City Handicap Presented by TwinSpires.com (gr. II) at Churchill Downs than to face males in the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) the following day, the owner's daughter and trainer Vicki Oliver said the morning of Nov. 25.

"Right now I'd say that we're leaning toward the Falls City," Oliver said. "The Clark field came up a bit tougher than I thought that it would. We also got a little more weight in there than I thought that we would. We're only seven pounds on (highweight) Effinex. I'll take a look at the past performances later on (before making a final decision)."

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Should the 5-year-old daughter of Empire Maker  's swan song take place in the Nov. 26 Falls City Handicap, she would be going for back-to-back victories in the race. Last year she scored a 19-1 upset victory over graded stakes winners Don't Tell Sophia and Molly Morgan.

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Frivolous is the 122-pound high weight in the Falls City, seven pounds heavier than the 115 pounds she would carry against males in the Nov. 27 Clark.

Aside from her Falls City triumph last year, Frivolous has scored two other stakes victories over the Churchill main track, when she spring a 32-1 upset in this year's Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. II) in June followed by an eight-length romp in the Locust Grove in September as the 7-5 favorite. Most recently, she was fifth in the Oct. 30 Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) at Keeneland.