Mayas Queen Netee streaks into Vivacious Handicap

Mayas Queen Netee has won three consecutive races since being transferred to Jeffrey Radosevich, who is among the leading trainers on the Ohio circuit.

The mare now takes the next step into stakes company, attempting to keep her streak going in the $75,000 Vivacious Handicap for Ohio-bred fillies and mares Sunday on the Belterra Park turf.

Mayas Queen Netee was unplaced in three tries on turf in New York to begin her career, then won her maiden in her sixth career start and an allowance race, both by 3 3/4 lengths. She then stretched out from sprint distances to win a one-mile allowance by 7 1/2 lengths with a front-running trip.

The mare has had Luis Colon aboard for her three victories. He stays in the irons Sunday, and the two drew the rail in a field of nine.

School Board Prez and Hope’s Frog Song were first and second, separated by a neck, in the Vivacious last year and return in this edition. School Board Prez was second to the streaking Justalittlesmoke, among the best Ohio-breds in training this year, in the J. William Petro Memorial Handicap this summer. La Nina Bronca, third in the Petro Memorial, is also entered Sunday but has never run on turf.

Mom Genes comes in off a front-running 4 3/4-length allowance score going a mile on the Belterra turf and has never finished worse than third on this course, including a victory in the 2016 Horizon Stakes for trainer Ivan Vazquez.