Stall likes new filly Blip n' Th Bye in Cajun Miss Stakes
OPELOUSAS, La. – The first stakes race of the young Evangeline Downs season is Friday night, when eight 3-year-old fillies will go seven furlongs in the $50,000 Cajun Miss Stakes.
Blip n’ Th Bye has been installed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite as she makes her stakes debut for new trainer Al Stall Jr.
“We got her back in February at Fair Grounds,” Stall said on Tuesday as he traveled to Kentucky from his hometown of New Orleans for Friday’s opening day at Keeneland. “She looks like a nice filly. We just sat on her and sweetened her up a bit. With her style, seven furlongs looks to be a good fit. We like the draw. Hopefully, we can pick up some black type with her.”
Cajun Miss, Race 9
KEY CONTENDERS
Blip n’ Th Bye, by Tale of Ekati
Last 3 Beyers: 73-72-80
◗ Over the last two seasons, Stall is a fat 32 percent with horses changing barns. He was also a solid 9 for 34 (26 percent) with a small string he kept at Evangeline last season.
◗ Will be ridden by Colby Hernandez, who was dominant here last season before being injured. When riding for Stall, Hernandez was 9 for 32 (28 percent).
◗ In her lone start this year Feb. 21 at Tampa Bay Downs, Blip n’ Th Bye finished second as the 2-5 favorite in a first-level allowance for trainer Tom Proctor.
Lil Allie Dancer, by Good and Tough
Last 3 Beyers: 71-60-42
◗ Unbeaten in three starts, her Beyer Speed Figures have made steady progress. She also has a win at Friday’s distance, going two turns around the Delta Downs bullring in February.