Alani, a 4-year-old filly trained by Michael Moore, has finished second behind stakes winners in her last two starts, but the waters could be calmer in the $75,000 Cornucopia Handicap at Parx Racing on Wednesday. “We claimed her at the end of last year, and she’s just been really good,” Moore said. “She pretty much tries every time and it looks like a pretty good spot for her on Wednesday.” In 11 starts this year, Alani has finished worse than second twice and picked up her first stakes victory in the $100,000 Love Sign at Colonial Downs in July. After an allowance win in September, Moore entered her in the $150,000 Endine at Delaware Park, where she finished second by a neck with a career-best 85 Beyer Speed Figure. Earlier this month, Moore kept Alani at home for an allowance at Parx, where she finished second again behind four-time stakes winners Foxy Junior. The trainer said that she didn’t run her best race that day, but the competition remained strong. She will be the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Wednesday’s 6 1/2-furlong handicap. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Takethemoneyhoney, Moore’s other filly in the field, ran at Laurel last weekend and will scratch. Of the remaining eight runners in the field, only two have won in stakes company. Burner Account won the $75,000 Main Line against other 3-year-old fillies in March, leaving 5-year-old mare Nature’s Candy as the more serious contender of the pair. Trainer Hugo Padilla originally intended for the Cornucopia to be a second option for Nature’s Candy after her two-length victory in the $75,000 Disco Chick against Pennsylvania-breds in October. Earlier in the month, she won an open-company allowance by six lengths with a 92 Beyer Figure. Turkey Trot Jamie Ness doubts that Call Me Fast will ever be able to return to graded company, but the journey might not be over. The 6-year-old gelding has significantly improved since entering his barn and should receive interest in the $75,000 Turkey Trot on Wednesday. “It’s better to be a has-been than never-was,” Ness said. “So it’s in there. We’ve just got to get it out.” The New York-based gelding moved into Ness’s barn at Parx at the end of the summer and made his first start for the trainer on Sept. 20, finishing a distant fourth in a $12,500 starter allowance. Ness stepped him up against a $25,000 starter field without a tag in his second start on Oct. 27, where he returned with emphatically renewed spirits. Dueling for the early lead, the gelding took command on the backstretch and peeled away to a 9 1/2-length victory. He earned a 91 Beyer, his best since finishing fifth in the Grade 2 Alysheba in May 2024. :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  He might be back in the swing of things, but Call Me Fast won’t have it as easy in the Turkey Trot, which will be run at a mile and 70 yards. Trainer John Servis entered the geldings Irish Cork and Adero, who finished second and third, respectively, with opposed styles in the $75,000 M.P. Ballezzi Appreciation Mile last month. “It’s home and they fit, so we’re going to run there,” Servis said. “They have completely different running styles. Adero’s going to be very close to the pace, and Irish Cork is going to come from downtown.” Trainer Butch Reid also has a shot in the Turkey Trot with Ninetyprcentmaddie, who regressed in the $75,000 Jump Start after a resurgent win in the $100,000 Storm Cat in September. Reid is again stretching him out in distance, a move that did the trick two starts back. Let’s Give Thanks Trainer Ned Allard still isn’t sure if Sunny Breeze will run in the $75,000 Let’s Give Thanks Stakes on Wednesday. If he does, it will be a sort of homecoming for the 4-year-old gelding, who has not run at the track since finishing second in the Grade 2 Gallant Bob last year. “He loves Parx and the ability’s there,” Allard said. “It’s just that he’s now coming back, and it remains to be seen how good he’ll get this year.” In what was inarguably the best race of his career in September 2024, Sunny Breeze dueled all the way around the track at 17-1 odds and came up a neck short against Bentornato, who went on to finish second in the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Sprint and sealed the deal in this year’s running on Nov. 1. It has not been an easy time for Allard’s gelding since. A fourth-place finish in the $100,000 Alapocas Run at Delaware was a step in the right direction in his 4-year-old campaign, but two subsequent efforts in allowance company have not been as inspiring. Allard said that he hopes for improvement in his second start off a three-month layoff. If Sunny Breeze makes his return to Parx on Wednesday, he could end up dueling with Maximus Meridius, a speedy gelding trained by Butch Reid, in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint. Maximus Meridius will make his first start since September, when he dead-heated for second behind Buccherino in the $150,000 Parx Sprint. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.