Bernieandtherose to bypass Black-Eyed Susan for Bouwerie

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Though she is nominated to Friday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico, the multiple stakes-winning New York-bred 3-year-old filly Bernieandtherose will stay with her own kind in the $200,000 Bouwerie Stakes on June 4 at Saratoga.

Bernieandtherose has won four consecutive New York-bred races, including the East View and Maddie May stakes. She was entered in the Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes on April 5 at Aqueduct but scratched due to a cough.

Bernieandtherose has breezed three times since recovering from that cough, including a five-furlong move in 1:00.10 on Thursday over Belmont’s training track. It was the fastest of 25 works at the distance.

“She went very well, finished good, and galloped out very well. Very happy with the work,” trainer Dominick Schettino said.

While the Bouwerie is at seven furlongs, Schettino said he does plan to stretch the filly out around two turns this summer in races like the New York Oaks at Finger Lakes in July and the Fleet Indian at Saratoga in August.

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