Northfield: Captain Cowgirl favored in Saturday's Courageous Lady

Captain Cowgirl will look to expand her three-race win streak in Saturday night's (October 15) $100,000 Courageous Lady, a by-invitation-only Grand Circuit event for 3-year-old pacing fillies at MGM Northfield Park.

Captain Cowgirl, a Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Champion at both 2 and 3, has put together an impressive trio of victories including the $253,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stake Championship on September 25. The Jim King, Jr. trainee has compiled 12 victories and two runner-up finishes in 19 career starts, good for $569,875 in purses. Hall of Fame driver Tim Tetrick will be in the sulky behind the 2-1 morning-line favorite.

Lookatmyrapsheet checks in as the 7-2 second choice. The daughter of Bettor's Delight has won five races and finished in the top-three in 12 of 14 starts this year. Her most recent score came earlier this month at The Red Mile, winning in 1:51 1/5. Trainer Per Engblom ships his filly in from Kentucky and has listed Ronnie Wrenn Jr. to pilot from post four.

Two Ohio-sired fillies have been invited to this year's event. Cape Cod Hanover, winner of the $103,714 Ohio Breeders Championship last month, is the 4-1 third favorite from post three. The daughter of Downbytheseaside is trained by harness racing's leading trainer Ron Burke and has won 10 of 22 starts with earnings of $460,754. Burke has listed Chris Page to drive. The Burke/Page connection won the Little Brown Jug last month with Bythemissal, another Buckeye-bred by Downbytheseaside.

Bittrsweetsymphony is the other Ohio filly in the race and is a 15-1 long shot. She starts from post five for local trainer Crist Hershberger. The daughter of Well Said has a 1:50 4/5 mark at the Delaware County Fair last month and has posted 12 wins and seven third-place finishes in 22 starts this year. Bittrsweetsymphony enters this race with $211,877 in earnings and Tyler Smith is slated to drive.

The complete field is as follows:

HN HORSE DRIVER TRAINER M/L
1-Galleria Hanover, Ronnie Wrenn Jr., Ron Burke, 6-1
2-Valar Dohaeris, Mark MacDonald, Ake Svanstedt, 8-1
3-Cape Cod Hanover, Chris Page, Ron Burke, 4-1
4-Lookatmyrapsheet, Ronnie Wrenn Jr, Per Engblom, 7-2
5-Bittrsweetsymphony, Tyler Smith, Crist Hershberger, 15-1
6-Give Me This Dance, Aaron Merriman, Justin Anfinson, 20-1
7-Gotthegreenlight, Dexter Dunn, R. Nifty Norman, 12-1
8-Sweet Treasure, Andrew McCarthy, Nancy Takter, 10-1
9-Captain Cowgirl, Tim Tetrick, Jim King Jr., 2-1

*Final driver selections at due by 9PM on Tuesday (10/11).

This year's Courageous Lady is the 13th race on a 15-race program. A $20,000 guaranteed 20¢ Super High Five is offered on the evening's featured event as well as a $10,000 guarantee to the evening's late Pick-4 beginning in Race 11.

The undercard consists of eight $40,000 Ohio Fair Championships and the annual Pace for the Cure lady driving race.

First race post time is 6 PM.

-edited release (Northfield)