Classy fillies go in allowance

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - It is a safe bet that some of the 10 3-year-old fillies in Wednesday's seventh race at Hollywood Park, a $51,000 allowance, will be nominated for the $175,000 Honeymoon Breeders' Cup Handicap on June 4. Many of the fillies look worthy of running in a stakes.

The field features three fillies from Europe making their first starts in the United States and seven fillies with established local form.

, who will be well-backed, was stakes-placed at Santa Anita earlier this year, and Attima and Brenda Meova were stakes-placed in Europe last year. Add the promising maiden race winners Proxenia and Threadneedle, and the field has further depth.

, who may go favored, was an intended starter at the Santa Anita meeting until she was involved in a morning training incident that left her unable to race on Feb. 4, trainer Julio Canani said. In France last year, Attima beat maidens in her second start and later finished second in a Group 3 race at about seven furlongs. Last October, Attima finished 11th in the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac, a race that is essentially the French championship for 2-year-old fillies.

"She is training very good," Canani said.

, who has made 12 starts in her career, finished fourth in the La Habra Stakes on turf on March 5 and last of seven in the Santa Paula Stakes on the main track on April 1.

Zoemeg will be well-suited by the surface and distance. Trained by Christopher Paasch, Zoemeg beat maidens on turf at Calder last fall and was third in an allowance race on turf at Santa Anita in January.

On dirt, Zoemeg finished second on a wet-fast track in the Blue Norther Stakes in January and was third on a fast track at Santa Anita on April 15.

Threadneedle is making her turf debut. By Dynaformer, Threadneedle won a six-furlong maiden race on a wet-fast track at Santa Anita in her debut on April 1. She overcame a poor start to rally from fifth.

Proxenia returns after a two-month break. She won a maiden race at 1 1/8 miles on turf by three lengths on March 8, a performance preceded by a third and a second against similar fields early at the Santa Anita meeting.

Other contenders include the English invaders Montreux and Musical High. They have made four starts, and won their second races, but were beaten in two subsequent races against winners.