Santa Anita
Lexie Lou eyes La Canada
Barbara D. Livingston Lexie Lou wll make her first start on dirt in the Jan. 17 La Canada for 4-year-old fillies.
Lexie Lou, the winner of the 2014 Queen’s Plate at Woodbine and a game second to California Chrome in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby on Nov. 29, is scheduled to have her first start of 2015 in the $200,000 La Canada Stakes over 1 1/16 miles on Jan. 17.
The Grade 2 La Canada Stakes is for 4-year-old fillies, and Casse said the age restriction has significant appeal. Lexie Lou has never raced on dirt. She has won 7 of 16 starts and earned $1,429,714 while racing on turf and a synthetic track.
“Maybe now is the time to try dirt when she can run against her own age group,” Casse said.
On Wednesday, Lexie Lou worked five furlongs in 1:00.20 at Santa Anita.