Bam's Bliss Kiss, Collect the Data put win streaks on the line in Biogio's Rose

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Bam’s Bliss Kiss has won five straight races. Collect the Data has won three consecutive and four of her last five. Further, they both have achieved their success in the same front-running manner.

So, something will have to give when both attempt to claim their first stakes victory in Sunday’s $135,000 Biogio’s Rose Stakes for New York-bred females going one mile at Aqueduct.

The distance would seem to favor Collect the Data, whose last three victories have all come at the one-mile distance. Bam’s Bliss Kiss, who has 17 career starts for three different trainers, has yet to race beyond seven furlongs.

Collect the Data came off a three-month layoff to win a conditioned allowance race on March 8. She had an easy early lead but then had to fend off a challenge from the veteran mare Cupid’s Heart and held on to win by a long neck.

“She seems to be ready to step up into something like this so well give her a shot,” said trainer Chad Brown said.

Collect the Data is drawn on the outside in this seven-horse field and will be ridden by Manny Franco.

Bam’s Bliss Kiss, a daughter of Solomini, began her recent winning streak at Finger Lakes, winning a six-furlong allowance by a neck in the mud last Nov. 13. Her last four wins have come at Aqueduct, including a three-length win against New York-breds, a race from which she was claimed for $45,000 by Jorge Abreu on behalf of Mad Dog Racing Stable.

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Abreu has won with her twice against open company, both races resulting in front-running victories. Her last victory came by 7 3/4 lengths going six furlongs here on March 28. Abreu told New York Racing Association publicity he’s unsure about the distance.

“She’s been training forwardly and she’s pretty straightforward,” Abreu said. “The only doubt I have is about the distance.”

Both Collect the Data and Bam’s Bliss Kiss have won over a wet track, something that may come into play Sunday if the forecast proves correct.

Sweet Brown Sugar has won three times over a wet track and was second to the millionaire Sterling Silver over a muddy surface in last year’s Biogio’s Rose Stakes.

Sweet Brown Sugar will make her first start for trainer Rob Atras after she went 8 for 16 with three stakes wins for Paul Barrow. The desire to keep her based downstate year-round is why she was transferred by Richie Rich Racing Stable, according to Atras.

“Looking at the race, it looks like two of the prime contenders have speed, which I think that helps us a little bit,” Atras said. “She came in in great condition, I gave her two maintenance works and she’s done great. She’s a high energy filly.”

Walk With Me has twice finished second to Collect the Data, though her speed figures are a bit on the light side. A contentious pace would help her, though she is 0 for 3 over a wet track.

Lika Rolling Stone and Sweetest Princess, one-two in a statebred allowance, and Midtown Lights, a well-beaten second to Collect the Data last November, complete the field.

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