Speed duel may loom in turf sprint

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A field of 11 fillies and mares will contest Friday’s $43,000 optional-claiming feature at five furlongs on turf at Gulfstream.

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Light Our Way returned from a one-year layoff for trainer Wesley Ward to win a lower-level conditioned claimer here last month, setting a lightning-fast early pace and leading throughout.

Summer Rae led from gate to wire to capture a higher-priced non-winners-of-two claimer on the turf for trainer Ralph Ziadie on June 2. She could be on a collision course for the early lead with Light Our Way.