Glass Ceiling headed to Laurel and Barbara Fritchie
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Glass Ceiling likely earned a spot in the Grade 3, $250,000 Barbara Fritchie Stakes at Laurel Park on Feb. 19 by virtue of her decisive 5 1/4-length allowance victory at Aqueduct on Sunday.
Glass Ceiling rallied three wide in the lane under Dylan Davis and drew clear for the authoritative score, her third victory in her last four starts. Glass Ceiling ran seven furlongs in 1:22.25 and earned a 94 Beyer Speed Figure. Trainer Charlton Baker said Monday that the Fritchie, at seven furlongs, is “definitely the plan.”
Sunday’s allowance race became Plan B for Glass Ceiling when the $100,000 Interborough Stakes scheduled for Jan. 15 at Aqueduct failed to fill. The next stakes opportunities for older fillies and mares in New York aren’t until March, with the $125,000 Heavenly Prize going a mile on March 5 and the $100,000 Correction at six furlongs on March 12.
“Sooner or later I’m going to give her a shot going a one-turn mile to see how she does, more likely later,” Baker said. “Right now, seven-eighths is her game.”
Baker felt Glass Ceiling won Sunday’s allowance comfortably “with more in the tank,” he said.