Girls Know Best sidelined

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Conspicuous by her absence from the Ladies’ Turf Sprint lineup on the Pegasus World Cup undercard was Girls Know Best, who won the 2018 running and was in ideal position to defend her title after winning the $100,000 Abundantia here Dec. 29.

But the speedy 5-year-old mare has been sidelined by a minor injury, said trainer and co-owner Eddie Kenneally.

“It’s very disappointing because we’d been looking at coming back in this race for some time now,” said Kenneally. “It’s nothing major. Hopefully we’ll have her back soon and ready to run in Kentucky.”

Girls Know Best has won 11 of 21 starts and $466,944.

◗ The sixth annual Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund dinner and silent-auction fundraiser has been set for the evening of March 25, the Monday prior to the Florida Derby, at Frank & Dino’s, the Boca Raton restaurant owned by local horseman Carlo Vaccarezza. Tickets are $200. More information is available at (561) 218-4636.