Five Bars suffers fatal injury in work

Five Bars, an eye-catching debut-winning 2-year-old filly at Saratoga who finished third in the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes, suffered fatal injuries during a workout Saturday morning at Belmont Park.

Five Bars, who was being pointed to next Saturday’s Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct, fell while galloping out. She suffered a broken neck in the fall, which was likely caused by an injury Five Bars suffered to a sesamoid bone in a front leg.

Five Bars, a daughter of Maxfield owned by Stuart Janney III and trained by Shug McGaughey, rallied from last with trouble to win her debut at Saratoga in August. She then finished third in the Frizette at Aqueduct.

The Demoiselle went with six entrants, led by Tempted one-two finishers Shilling and Believable. Shilling, a daughter of Global Campaign trained by Kenny McPeek, won the Tempted Stakes by four lengths with Believable rallying from fourth to get second.

Believable is trained by Todd Pletcher, who held out intended Demoiselle starter With a Kiss, but instead entered Zany, a 6 1/2-length debut winner sprinting at Gulfstream on Nov. 2.

Also entered in the Demoiselle, which does award points toward the May 2 Kentucky Oaks, were Jumping the Gun, Concurrently and Ivy Girl.

*** Full Moon Madness, winner of the Grade 3 Tom Fool Stakes in March, heads a field of six entered in the Grade 3, $250,000 Elite Power Stakes at six furlongs. The Elite Power was previously known as the Runhappy and was run in the spring.

El Grande O won an allowance race last out for Linda Rice and drew the rail. Full Moon Madness drew post 2 and is followed in post order by Acoustic Ave, Just Beat the Odds, St. Jude and Subrogate.

Subrogate, who was supplemented to the Elite Power, won the DeFrancis Dash at Laurel in June.

Unsurprisingly, full fields were drawn for both the Fifth Avenue division (2-year-old fillies) and Great White Way division (2-year-old males) of the New York Stallion Series. Both races carry a $500,000 purse and are restricted to progeny of New York-based stallions. The Fifth Avenue drew 13 while the Great White Way drew 16, but is limited to 14 starters.

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