Daddy's Boo 'Horse for Course' in Arlington Matron
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Daddy's Boo
Daddy's Boo, a "horse for the course," appears to be the one to catch in the $100,000 Arlington Matron Stakes (G3) June 1 on the Arlington International Racecourse all-weather track.
Daddy's Boo, campaigned by Patrica's Hope, has registered a record of 2-3-1 from six starts on the Arlington main track including a runner-up finish in last year's Arlington Matron. In fact, Daddy's Boo has made 14 starts at Arlington, on both turf and the all-weather course, with eight wins, five seconds, and a third and has not missed the frame at the suburban Chicago facility.
The 8-year-old daughter of Sweet Return, a confirmed front-runner, finished second to Princess La Quinta in the 2018 Arlington Matron, yielding late after leading most of the way. That event was the only previous effort at the 1 1/8 mile distance for Daddy's Boo, who is trained by Larry Rivelli—chasing his seventh straight Arlington training title.
Coachwhip, a 5-year-old So You Think mare, exits a third-place finish in the Bewitch Stakes (G3) at Keeneland April 26—her best showing in three graded stakes tries. One of five invading from Kentucky, the Jack Sisterton trainee, a Calumet Farm homebred, steps off the turf for the first time in her 15th start.
La Force, a 5-year-old mare by Power, is entered in the Arlington feature after finishing second in four of her past five starts, all graded stakes. The 9-5 morning-line favorite at Arlington is is cross-entered in the Santa Maria Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park, where she would face only four rivals for twice the purse.
"We're staying out here," trainer Paddy Gallagher said Thursday from Santa Anita. "The travel arrangements just got to be too complicated."
The projected scratch would reduce the field for the 1 1/8-mile feature to nine.
Arlington International Racecourse, Saturday, June 01, 2019, Race 8Entries: Arlington Matron S. (G3)
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Mo's M V P (KY)
Joel Campbell
116
Michael B. Campbell
12/1
2
2Snuck Out (KY)
Sophie Doyle
116
Victoria H. Oliver
15/1
3
3La Force (GER)
Jose Valdivia, Jr.
116
Patrick Gallagher
9/5
4
4Strawberry Tequila (NY)
Julie Burke
116
Jimmy Corrigan
20/1
5
5Na Pali Spirit (KY)
Mitchell Murrill
116
Ignacio Correas, IV
8/1
6
6Coachwhip (KY)
Tyler Baze
118
Jack Sisterson
9/2
7
7Oh So Terrible (KY)
Julio E. Felix
116
Bradley S. Ross
20/1
8
8Daddy's Boo (FL)
Christopher A. Emigh
116
Larry Rivelli
5/2
9
9Youngest Daughter (KY)
Ty Kennedy
116
Victoria H. Oliver
15/1
10
10Tough Irma (FL)
Santo Sanjur
116
Cipriano Contreras
20/1
