Specially long on talent, short on experience for Rags to Riches
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It only took one race for a Casse-trained filly named Specially to earn the top Beyer among the seven starters in the $120,000 Rags to Riches (race 9, 5:06), the co-featured 2-year-old filly counterpart to the Street Sense on Sunday at Churchill Downs. The daughter of Tapiture got an 81 on debut on the first Saturday of the Keeneland meet.
“She trained extremely well down here before we sent her north for her first start,” trainer Mark Casse said. “She acts like she’ll go farther. This is a good next spot. Hopefully, it’s a start to bigger and better things.”
Specially, with Miguel Mena replacing the injured Florent Geroux in the irons, will concede experience to most of the opposition when she breaks from post 4 in the one-mile Rags to Riches. None of the others is a stakes winner, although three – Lady Glamour, Gone Glimmering, and Lucky Jingle – have made it through their first allowance condition.
Curlinesque, like Specially, was an eye-catching winner of her lone start. Trained by Cherie Devaux, the Curlin filly debuted here at 6 1/2 furlongs during the final week of the September meet.
