Miesque

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

Eight juvenile fillies have been entered to go one mile on Hollywood Park’s
turf in Sunday’s $100,000 Miesque S. (G3), and we’re tabbing JULES J (Action
This Day) to continue her winnings ways in her graded bow. The Bill
Morey-trained bay competed on dirt and synthetic earlier in the season, but
didn’t try grass until October 30, when she blew away five allowance/optional
claiming rivals with a 15-length victory at Golden Gate Fields. The two-year-old
lass earned a very nice 95 BRIS Speed rating for that effort, and has been
working well in advance of this one. Regular rider Frank Alvarado has the call.

IN THE SLIPS (More Than Ready) will be making her U.S. debut in the Miesque,
and the Jeff Mullins charge has every chance to take home the top prize. The bay
miss took her initial win at Doncaster in September before adding an allowance
score at Pontefract to her line, with the latter of those coming at Sunday’s
distance of a mile. In the Slips has shown promise in her works over Hollywood’s
green, and will get an added bonus of Garrett Gomez in the saddle. The pair
could offer a nice price in the winner’s circle.

CONNIE AND MICHAEL (Roman Ruler) took her maiden debut in dominating fashion
at Keeneland on October 17, scoring by 7 3/4 lengths, but didn’t do so well last
out in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), fading to eighth on the line.
She’ll look to rebound here, and the Kenny McPeek runner has the ability to do
just that. The bay filly earned a 101 BRIS E2 Pace figure for her initial start,
and will keep Kent Desormeaux aboard.

Even though WHISPERING HUSH (El Corredor) just broke her maiden last out, the
chestnut has yet to finish off-the-board from four career tries. Two of those
were against stakes rivals on synthetic tracks, and it should be noted that her
first win came when she made her turf bow last out going eight furlongs. The
Eric Kruljac trainee has a legitimate shot at the win under Victor Espinoza.

It also took switching THE MAILET (Rock Hard Ten) to turf for her to break
her maiden, but the dark bay filly doesn’t appear quite as talented as our top
four. She could make a place for herself in the bottom of the gimmicks, but we
don’t see her challenging for it all. CAMILLE C (Roman Dancer) captured the
Generous Portion S. at Del Mar in early September and has since placed in a pair
of listed events. All of her races have come on synthetic tracks, so we’ll just
watch to see how she handles the surface change.

FULL MANDATE (Ire) (Acclamation) was third in a Group 3 earlier in the
summer, but is making her U.S. bow off a two-month break in this spot. We’ll
give her a race before backing. FORBIDDEN PARADISE (Ire) (Chineur) broke her
maiden on grass in August, then was up the track on Pro-Ride last out. She could
improve while returning to the turf, but her numbers don’t fill us with
confidence. We can’t recommend.