HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The undefeated and untested Avow figures to be the major focus of attention in Wednesday’s $71,000 feature at Gulfstream Park, although it is Liam’s Kiss, her uncoupled stablemate from the potent barn of trainer Todd Pletcher, who may ultimately prove the one to beat in the one mile optional-claiming and allowance event. The headliner drew a field of eight 3-year-old fillies that also includes Send for Me, who returns from a 13-month layoff off an impressive debut victory at 2, and the locally based speedster Poiema. Avow has launched her career with two one-sided victories for Pletcher, those races coming 11 months apart starting with a last-to-first triumph by eight lengths here a year ago. She followed up with a similarly impressive 5 1/4-length decision for which she earned a career-best 77 Beyer Speed Figure when returning from a lengthy hiatus on Nov. 4. Avow, who may also have a future on turf being out of the Grade 3 grass winner Peace Preserver, registered her first two wins in races restricted to Florida-breds. She will take on open company for the first time in Wednesday’s main event. “This will be her first start against open company and it appears to be a salty race on paper,” said Plethcer. “I thought she was impressive in her last start and she looks like a horse who’ll get even better as she gets older and with more distance.” :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match and FREE Formulator PPs! Join DRF Bets. Liam’s Kiss has posted a win and two seconds in three career starts, although idle since finishing a distant second behind Nostalgic going 1 1/16 miles under allowance conditions here March 3. The winner flattered the race by coming back to capture the Grade 3 Gazelle in her next start. Liam’s Kiss, like Avow, has been training steadily for her return at Pletcher’s winter headquarters, the training center at Palm Beach Downs. Send for Me, a $500,000 2-year-old purchase at the 2021 Ocala Breeders’ April sale, couldn’t have been more impressive in her debut, drawing off to a seven-length maiden win going 6 1/2 furlongs at Aqueduct in November 2021. Send for Me has kept a fairly regular work schedule prepping for her 3-year-old bow, both at Keeneland and since being shipped by trainer Jonathan Thomas to the Palm Meadows training center, where she posted a bullet five-furlong drill in 1:01.40 in company with her more experienced, turf allowance-winning stablemate Frippet on Nov. 25. Send for Me figures to force the pace along with Poiema, who won a similarly conditioned allowance for Florida-breds at a mile by 6 1/2 lengths here Sept. 23, earning a career-high 84 Beyer. She has, however, been a beaten favorite in two subsequent starts against open competition, finishing a distant fourth behind the red-hot Alluramore as the 3-2 choice in her most recent outing on Nov. 19. Send for Me will be ridden for the first time by jockey Luis Saez, who has been on fire since returning locally earlier this month. Saez capped off a four-day span during which he rode 13 winners with five victories on Sunday’s program, including the final four races on the card. The streak featured a come-from-behind tally aboard Gangly in the afternoon’s main event. Saez will attempt to successfully defend his Championship Meet riding title when the 2022-23 session kicks off on Dec. 26. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures ◗ Saturday’s program will feature a pair of $100,000 turf stakes, the two-mile Allen Jerkens and the Via Borghese, which will be decided by older fillies and mares at a mile and three-eighths. The Allen Jerkens lineup is topped by Agitare, an impressive 4 3/4-length winner of the two-mile John Forbes Memorial in his U.S. debut over a muddy track at Far Hills two months earlier. He is one of two proven distance specialists trainer Keri Brion will send out in the race along with Pleasecallmeback, who returns to the flat after competing over hurdles in his previous seven starts. Penna services Saturday’s card will be preceded by a memorial service to be held in the winner’s circle at 11:30 a.m. to honor former trainer Angle Penna Jr., who died at the age of 74 on Nov.22. The son of Hall of Fame trainer Angel Penna Sr. won 586 races and posted career earnings of more than $24 million during a career that spanned more than 40 years. Penna trained the multiple graded stakes winner Via Borghese to 11 victories including, the Grade 3 Suwannee River here in 1993. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.