Afleet Destiny back where she first started for Parx Spring Oaks

Afleet Destiny will be out to defend her home track of Parx Racing on Monday when she takes on the capable shippers Getting Warmer and Avalina in the $75,000 Parx Spring Oaks. A field of nine 3-year-old fillies is set for the race at one mile and 70 yards.

Afleet Destiny started her career at Parx before venturing to Aqueduct last winter and running second in the Grade 2 Demoiselle in December. She remained on the road for three subsequent stakes starts and in her most recent was sixth in the Grade 2 Gazelle, also at Aqueduct.

Always Shopping, who won that race, was to start as a top choice in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan on Friday at Pimlico Race Course.

Parx Spring Oaks (Race 8)

KEY CONTENDERS

Afleet Destiny, by Hard Spun
Last 3 Beyers; 66-53-66

◗ She’s placed in one other stakes besides the Demoiselle, having run third in the $101,000 Busanda in February at Aqueduct. That race also was captured by Always Shopping.

◗ Afleet Destiny won a maiden special weight at a mile at Parx last November. Monday will mark her first Parx start since that score, and in preparation for the task, she worked a half-mile in 48.60 seconds May 7 at Parx.

◗ Afleet Destiny, a closer, could get a decent setup behind a handful of her rivals, with Neom and the supplemented Two Item Maker stretching out around two turns for the first time after wire-to-wire maiden special weight sprint wins at Parx.

◗ Anthony Salgado has the mount for owner and trainer Uriah St. Lewis.

Getting Warmer, by Algorithms
Last 3 Beyers: 78-59-52

◗ She last raced at Gulfstream Park, running third in the $75,000 Game Face over seven furlongs April 20.

◗ She has prepped for the Parx Spring Oaks at Monmouth, where she worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds May 7.

◗ She is 2 for 2 at Parx, where she won a maiden special weight sprint over Afleet Destiny in October and a first-level allowance sprint in November.

◗ Mario Sanchez has the mount for trainer Kelly Breen.

Avalina, by Tale of Ekati
Last 3 Beyers: 80-73-71

◗ She owns the field’s best last-race Beyer Speed Figure, an 80 for a 7 1/4-length win over optional $50,000 claiming foes April 26 at Belmont Park. The race was run over seven furlongs, and she will be looking for her first two-turn win Monday.

◗ Kendrick Carmouche has the mount for trainer Danny Gargan.