Adore, riding winning streak, targets Ricks Memorial

Adore is headed back to stakes competition after winning her third straight race in a recent allowance at Remington Park.

Trainer Steve Asmussen said Adore is on pace to run in the $75,000 Ricks Memorial on Sept. 30. The 1 1/16-mile turf race for fillies and mares is on the Oklahoma Derby undercard at Remington.

Adore won on turf for the first time in the Aug. 31 allowance. She led throughout for a three-length win and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 84.

Adore’s streak began in May with a win in an off-the-turf allowance at Lone Star Park. She proceeded to capture the $75,000 Spotted Horse at a mile on the main track June 23 at Evangeline Downs. Adore’s last three wins have come by a combined 13 lengths, with her best career Beyer, a 92, coming in the Spotted Horse.

“She’s good at winning,” Asmussen said. “She’s 8 for 18 overall, so I feel good about that.”

Adore is a 5-year-old mare by Big Brown who races for Winchell Thoroughbreds.