Euphoric, Change of Control look strong in co-features

A first-level allowance for 3-year-old fillies and a classy turf sprint for older fillies and mares headline a nine-race program Friday at Fair Grounds.

Euphoric rides high into race 5, a six-furlong sprint open to 3-year-old fillies who never have won two races and $50,000 claimers. Trained by Bernie Flint, Euphoric showed modest form through her first five starts before finishing a seriously troubled second to Li’l Tootsie on Jan. 16, while racing on Lasix for the first time in a dirt sprint. On Feb. 13, running over a surface that flattered front-runners early on the program, Euphoric shot to the lead from post 1 and blasted out of the maiden ranks with a 10-length victory, earning an 88 Beyer Speed Figure.

Friday, she has the rail again under James Graham and with a decent break figures to make the lead and run her five rivals off their feet at a very short price.

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Race 6, carded at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf and also sex-restricted, has multiple high-end allowance conditions and an $80,000 claiming option. In Good Spirits and Yes It’s Ginger exit wins over second-level allowance rivals and $40,000 claimers, but they’re running into an established stakes filly, Change of Control. Trained by Michelle Lovell, Change of Control faced males at Sam Houston last out, and while she has lost six in a row, Change of Control won the last three times she started in allowance races.