Rosee Is Cozee favored in Mountaineer feature

After outrunning her 28-1 odds to finish second against tougher competition at Churchill Downs a month ago, Rosee Is Cozee will be a far shorter price when she ships to Mountaineer Racetrack looking to clear her second allowance condition in Tuesday’s turf feature.

The 5-year-old Rosee Is Cozee, the 8-5 choice on the track’s morning line, is among eight fillies and mares scheduled to go seven furlongs on turf in a second-level $20,000 optional claimer that goes as race 3 at 7:46 p.m. Eastern.

Although winless in five career tries on grass, Rosee Is Cozee lost by only 1 1/4 lengths going a mile April 30 against second-level $62,500 optional claimers at Churchill. The horse who finished sixth that day, Praia, came back to win a minor turf stakes May 17 with an 89 Beyer Speed Figure. The 81 Beyer that Rosee Is Cozee earned far exceeds the par of 68 for Tuesday’s class level at Mountaineer.

In addition, her trainer, Luis Jurado, shows a 4-for-14 record (29 percent) with horses he has shipped to Mountaineer following a break of 31 to 60 days.

Those shopping for a better price might land on Lady of Rivendell or Fine Lookin Lady.

Lady of Rivendell returns to turf, where she is 4 for 17, following nine straight starts on dirt, where she is 0 for 11 on fast tracks. Last season on turf, Lady of Rivendell won a $5,000 starter allowance going seven furlongs at Mountaineer and a first-level $25,000 optional claimer going a mile in Indiana. She runs for a claiming tag for the first time since she was entered for $10,000 last fall.

Fine Lookin Lady is 0 for 12 over the past two seasons and hasn’t won since taking a high-class allowance in October 2012 at Hawthorne, but she was a good second in three straight starts against classier horses last fall at Churchill and Turfway Park. If she’s fit following a three-month layoff, Fine Lookin Lady could be dangerous in this spot.

Gurkha ran well in three straight turf starts locally last season, including a wire-to-wire win in a non-winners-of-three allowance in September. Off since October, Gurkha runs for the optional $20,000 tag.