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Last updated: 3/11/12 8:45 PM
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Musical Romance will try to rebound in the Inside Information
(Breeders’ Cup Ltd.) |
Pinnacle Racing and Bill Kaplan’s five-year-old mare Musical Romance closed
out an Eclipse Award campaign in 2011 winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare
Sprint at Churchill Downs on November 4, but her 2012 season debut did not go
well when she finished fourth in the Florida Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare
Sprint at Gulfstream Park on January 28.
A Florida-bred daughter of Concorde’s Tune, Musical Romance appears likely to
get her campaign back on track as one of the favorites in Saturday’s Grade 2,
$150,000 Inside Information Stakes at the seven-furlong distance of the
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Musical Romance was off to an awkward start,
steadied on the turn, and lost part of her shoe in the Sunshine Millions.
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“Right now she’s probable for the race,” Kaplan said Sunday morning. “She
grabbed herself pretty good coming out of the gate. A horse outside of her acted
up just as the gate opened. She also bent a shoe and took a piece of a quarter
off. There was actually a small puncture wound (foot), but she’s fine now and
ready to go.”
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Pomeroy’s Pistol could make her second start of the year in the Inside Information
(Adam Coglianese Photography) |
The status of another accomplished nominee for the Inside Information is less
certain as owner-breeder-trainer Amy Tarrant was undecided Sunday morning
whether she would run her four-year-old filly Pomeroys Pistol, who also had an
off day in the Florida Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint, finishing one
place behind Musical Romance in fifth.
“I’m still feeling a little guilty about running her in that race. I think I
made a mistake running her back too quickly after her last race,” Tarrant said
Sunday morning from Palm Meadows. “I’m probably not going to decide until entry
day (Wednesday). Another option is the race at Keeneland,” referring to the
Grade 1, $300,000 Madison Stakes on April 12 at seven furlongs.
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A Florida homebred daughter of Pomeroy, Pomeroys Pistol won the seven-furlong
Grade 2 Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream and Grade 2 Gallant Bloom Handicap at
Belmont Park going 6 1/2 furlongs last year before finishing a good fourth
behind Musical Romance in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. She won the
six-furlong Grade 3 Sugar Swirl Stakes back at Gulfstream on December 10 before
her disappointing effort in the Sunshine Millions.
