Paulassilverlining, Finley'sluckycharm figure to dance again in Ballerina

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Paulassilverlining and Finley’sluckycharm, the 1-2 finishers in Wednesday’s Grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap, are both likely to run back in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ballerina here on Aug. 26.

Paulassilverlining wore down Finley’sluckycharm by a neck in the six-furlong Honorable Miss, her third consecutive victory this year. She won the Grade 1 Madison and Grade 1 Humana Distaff by the same margin.

“She’s been a real nice addition to the barn,” trainer Chad Brown said. “She looked a picture leading her over to the paddock.”

Trainer Bret Calhoun said Finley’sluckycharm proved to him Wednesday that she’s worthy of a shot in the Ballerina.

“I think so,” he said. “I thought yesterday was to our advantage going three-quarters. It’ll probably be to her advantage going seven-eighths. But these are top fillies, and if you ran the race several times, you’d probably have different outcomes. That filly knows where the wire is.”

Both Paulassilverlining and Finley’sluckycharm were assigned 97 Beyer Speed Figures for the Honorable Miss.

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