Jennifer Lynnette drops from series of stakes
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The multiple-stakes-placed Jennifer Lynnette is a good fit in Friday’s Woodbine headliner, a contentious first-level optional claimer for 3-year-old fillies.
Jennifer Lynnette was quite precocious at 2. After graduating at first asking going six furlongs in October, she rallied for third after a bad start in the seven-furlong Glorious Song Stakes.
Following a winter layoff, Jennifer Lynnette inherited the lead in the six-furlong Star Shoot Stakes on April 16 and proceeded to set slow fractions before getting caught on the wire by Treasuring. She suffered another heartbreaking loss in the seven-furlong Fury Stakes on May 22, when she established another moderate pace before losing by a half-length to a charging Tiz Imaginary. Most recently, she finished a nonthreatening fifth after a troubled break while experimenting on the grass in the open Alywow Stakes on June 12.
Trainer Mark Casse sent Jennifer Lynnette out to breeze five-eighths in a bullet 59 seconds on the Tapeta on June 29.
The feature is the seventh on a nine-race program. Only Ginger Candy runs for the $72,500 claiming tag in the seven-furlong sprint, which carries a base purse of $58,600.
KEY CONTENDERS
Jennifer Lynnette, by Elusive Quality
Last 3 Beyers: 64-78-80
◗ She’s being reunited with Patrick Husbands, who will break her from post 1 in the seven-horse field. He won four races on last Sunday’s Queen’s Plate card, including the Grade 2 Dance Smartly on Lexie Lou and the Charlie Barley Stakes on another Casse charge, Conquest Enforcer.
Pure Purity, by Perfect Soul
Last 3 Beyers: 78-72-51
◗ She has competed exclusively in Ontario-sired company and was a runaway allowance winner traveling six furlongs in her last outing.
◗ She drew favorably toward the outside, and seven-eighths certainly seems within her range.
◗ Leading rider Eurico Da Silva rides for trainer Ralph Biamonte, one of the most successful jockey-trainer combinations at Woodbine.
Moonlit Promise, by Malibu Moon
Beyers: 77-80
◗ Nicely bred bay closed from seventh for second when debuting in a seven-furlong maiden special May 22 and then graduated by four lengths as the heavy favorite going three-quarters June 18. Her Beyer Speed Figures are among the best in the lineup.
Daddy’s Great Bay, by Scat Daddy
Last 3 Beyers: 66-65-55
◗ She finished fourth and fifth at this level in her two most recent races and was stuck in traffic on the turn and in the stretch during her latest.
◗ Rafael Hernandez, a new rider on the local scene, has the mount on the live longshot.