Lake Avenue back to site of biggest win for Heavenly Prize

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Lake Avenue returns to the site of her victory in the Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes in 2019 when she heads a field of seven entered in Saturday’s $125,000 Heavenly Prize Invitational going a one-turn mile.

Lake Avenue went winless in four starts at age 3, including a fourth-place finish as the 4-5 favorite in the Busher Invitational here last March. She is already ahead of the game at 4 with an allowance win going seven furlongs at Gulfstream on Feb. 3.

Lake Avenue’s top challenger figures to be Thankful, who is cutting back in distance after recording a three-quarter-length victory in the Ladies Handicap going 1 1/8 miles on Jan. 17. Thankful did win a first-level allowance going a one-turn mile last September at Belmont.

Gone Glimmering, Halo City, Landing Zone, Needs Supervision, and Flashndynamite complete the field.

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Mo Desserts steps up in Busher

Mo Desserts was a visually impressive 15 1/2-length maiden winner in her second start here on Feb. 8. Saturday, she’ll take on stakes winners Laobanonaprayer, Miss Brazil, Make Mischief and The Grass Is Blue in the $250,000 Busher Invitational.

Trainer Jimmy Jerkens acknowledges that Mo Desserts benefited from a “very speed biased track” when she won her debut, but the fact she has won at the one-mile distance made this spot attractive.

Mo Desserts will break from post 5 in a six-horse field that also includes Search Results, a debut winner at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 3.