Lady Contender sharp for Molly Brown

Lady Contender will be cutting back to one of her best distances on Sunday, when she moves from a mile to six furlongs for the $40,000 Molly Brown Stakes at Arapahoe Park. The race for fillies and mares drew a field of six, including defending champ Lady Jila.

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Lady Contender invades off a third-place finish in the $55,000 Downs at Albuquerque Distaff, won by the quality miler African Rose. Prior to that, Lady Contender had won a pair of stakes at six furlongs and six and a half furlongs at Fonner Park.

Molly Brown (Race 7)

KEY CONTENDERS

Lady Contender (Last 3 Beyers: 65-60-68)

◗ She is returning to one of her favorite tracks Sunday. Lady Contender has made 15 starts at Arapahoe through the years, winning five of them, finishing second six times, and third three times for local earnings of $99,780.

◗ Last meet, Lady Contender was third in the Molly Brown, then ran second against males in the Front Range at seven furlongs before winning an allowance sprint in August.

◗ Lady Contender has won 12 of 27 starts, including six stakes, for earnings of $245,852.

◗ Brian Theriot has the mount for trainer Stacey Rushton.

Lady Jila (Last 3 Beyers: 60-71-56)

◗ This will be her first race since a fourth-place finish in a Turf Paradise stakes April 25.

◗ Mike Ziegler has the mount on Lady Jila, who is seeking her 11th win at Arapahoe and her 20th career win.