Zilli Racing's Code Warrior will look to add a third graded stakes to her 5-year-old season in the $400,00 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2) for fillies and mares Sept. 17.
Set as the feature race on Presque Isle Downs' Monday card, the 6 1/2 furlongs will be contested on the all-weather track.
Code Warrior, who did not fare well in the 2017 edition, finishing 10th in the race won by Ami's Mesa, has yet to break through in grade 2 company. She started her 5-year-old season with a score in the Abundantia Stakes at Gulfstream Park for trainer Michael de Paulo. The daughter ofSociety's Chairman has since added the 6 1/2-furlong Hendrie Stakes (G3) over Masters entrant Let It Ride Mom, and the seven-furlong Seaway Stakes (G3) in her most recent effort at Woodbine.
Ami's Mesa also returns to defend her title in the Masters, which she won just before finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) to end her 4-year-old season.
This year the Sky Mesa mare, trained by Josie Carroll for Ivan Dalos, made her season debut in the grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland where she finished sixth. Since then Ami's Mesa has been putting in weekly breezes over her home base Woodbine track.
Heider Family Stables' Lady Alexandra, who just missed by a neck to Long On Value in the grade 1 Highlander Stakes at Woodbine in June, could be competitive in the overflow field of 12. The 4-year-old More Than Ready filly is trained by Graham Motion and had come off a 3 1/2-length win in the License Fee Stakes at Belmont Park prior to her first top-level effort.
Another that could prove a contender Monday is Hot Shot Anna, who enters off three consecutive victories—the most recent a 3 3/4 score in Presque Isle Downs' six-furlong Satin and Lace Stakes.
Presque Isle Downs, Monday, September 17, 2018, Race 6Entries: Presque Isle Downs Masters S. (G2)
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Browse (KY)
Flavien Prat
117
Claude R. McGaughey III
6/1
2
2Crazy Sweet (KY)
Erin M. Walker
114
Glenn S. Wismer
8/1
3
3Tulsa Queen (PA)
Huber Villa-Gomez
114
Ryan D. Walsh
50/1
4
4Ami's Mesa (ON)
Luis Contreras
114
Josie Carroll
7/2
5
5Jean Elizabeth (IL)
Jose Valdivia, Jr.
113
Larry Rivelli
20/1
6
6Miss Gossip (IRE)
Albin Jimenez
114
Eduardo Caramori
12/1
7
7Let It Ride Mom (KY)
Jerome Lermyte
125
Mark E. Casse
10/1
8
8Code Warrior (FL)
Jesse M. Campbell
125
Michael P. De Paulo
6/1
9
9Hotshot Anna (KY)
Antonio A. Gallardo
125
Hugh H. Robertson
3/1
10
10Princess La Quinta (KY)
Carlos H. Marquez, Jr.
125
James M. Gulick
15/1
11
11Noted and Quoted (FL)
Joe Bravo
114
Michael Stidham
30/1
12
12Lady Alexandra (KY)
Jose L. Ortiz
120
H. Graham Motion
8/1
13
13Broken Bridle (KY)
Jevian Toledo
114
Gary Capuano
30/1
14
14Lady Oak (IRE)
Addiel J. Ayala
114
Glenn S. Wismer
50/1