Share the Upside should take to turf in Monday feature

Share the Upside is best known for his work on dirt, but on Monday he will test his skills on turf in the featured eighth race at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

He goes in an optional $40,000 claiming sprint that carries two-other-than allowance conditions. It is for 3-year-olds and up and it will be run over five furlongs on turf. The race drew 12, including the coupled runners Lawton, a winner at Will Rogers of his last two, and Imma Bling, a two-time stakes winner.

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Share the Upside's most notable win on dirt came in February at Oaklawn Park. He captured the $125,000 King Cotton over Grade 1 winner Whitmore and earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 104. Share the Upside now seeks to transfer his talents to turf and his pedigree lends support to the move. Share the Upside is a half-brother to a pair of turf winners, with Hip Ninety Three the most accomplished. She was a seven-time winner on the grass, among her victories two runnings of the Queen of the Green Stakes at Turf Paradise.

Share the Upside goes for hot connections in trainer Steve Asmussen and jockey Stewart Elliott, who one week into the meet lead their respective standings. They went 5 for 18 together last week at Lone Star.

Share the Upside is a son of Maclean’s Music, who is getting 6 percent debut turf winners and 12 percent turf winners overall. The horse races for his breeder, Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings Inc., and partner Windsor Boys Racing.

Share the Upside brings a good deal of speed to the table and could show the way from post 3.

Imma Bling might get a nice tracking trip. He’s a proven commodity on the grass, boasting a 6-for-15 record on turf. Lawton is moving back to the grass after back-to-back sprint wins at Will Rogers. David Cabrera is named on both halves of the entry for End Zone Athletics and trainer Karl Broberg.

Earlier on the nine-race card, Asmussen and Elliott will join forces with Stalemate. She goes in the fifth, a first-level allowance for 3-year-old fillies at five furlongs on turf. Stalemate will start as one of the top contenders in the field of nine, alongside Lady Gwen and Lil Red Vette.

The other high-end offering on the program is the sixth, an optional $30,000 sprint for fillies and mares that carries two-other-than allowance conditions. Play Unified leaves the Louisiana-bred ranks behind and her last win came in open company. C.J. McMahon has the mount for trainer Ron Faucheux.