Sterling Silver tries yet again for open-company stakes win in the Gallant Bloom

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The two-time New York-bred stakes winning filly Sterling Silver will make her ninth attempt at winning an open-company stakes when she runs in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Gallant Bloom at Aqueduct, which will go as race 5 on an 11-race card.

Sterling Silver finished third in last year’s Gallant Bloom, which followed a narrow neck defeat in the Grade 2 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga.

Two starts back, Sterling Silver won an open-company second-level allowance before finishing sixth of seven in the Grade 1 Ballerina.

Caramel Swirl is the likely Gallant Boom favorite. She is coming off a fourth-place finish in the Ballerina, but is a two-time graded stakes winner.

Others entered in the Gallant Bloom at 6 1/2 furlongs is Undervalued Asset, Beguine, Remain Anonymous, and Headland.

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