Midnight Stroll heading to La Brea Stakes in search of Grade 1 win

Midnight Stroll, the Delaware Oaks winner, was credited with a six-furlong move in 1:14.60 Friday morning over the Belmont Park training track. She is preparing for a start in the Grade 1 La Break Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26.

Midnight Stroll, working on the inside of Union Lake, went from the half-mile pole to the wire 48.70 seconds with a final quarter of 23.85 seconds. She went out five furlongs in 1:01.93 and six furlongs in 1:14.60.

Since winning the Delaware Oaks, Midnight Stroll has finished third in both the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks and, most recently, the Grade 2 Raven Run at Keeneland, where she was just beaten for second by Fingal’s Cave.

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In discussing the decision to send Midnight Stroll to California for the La Brea, Tonja Terranova, wife of and assistant to trainer John Terranova said: “She came out of the Raven Run real well, it’s the last Grade 1 for 3-year-old fillies, and she’s doing amazing. We’ll take her out there and see if we can get a Grade 1.”

Meanwhile, Terranova said You’re My Girl, who finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, will soon be shipped to Tampa Bay Downs, where John Terranova has a string again this winter.

Tonja Terranova said You’re My Girl got about a month off at Kesmarc Equine in Kentucky following the Breeders’ Cup at. Prior to the Breeders’ Cup, You’re My Girl finished second in the Grade 1 Frizette and won a New York-bred maiden race by 14 1/4 lengths.

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