Streetlady invades for Cincinnati Trophy Stakes
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Despite the quarantine of a barn at Turfway Park stemming from three cases of the equine herpesvirus and some tracks banning shippers from Turfway as a result, the unbeaten Streetlady is hitting the road from her winter base at Fair Grounds to race at Turfway in Friday evening’s $50,000 Cincinnati Trophy Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
“There is not really anything for her here as far as black type,” trainer Mike Stidham said Wednesday from New Orleans. “So, even if we get into a little bit of a jackpot with the quarantine, then we will just give her a little break before the spring and summer.”
A winner first out in the slop at Fair Grounds on Dec. 8 before taking an allowance sprint on turf there Jan. 4, Streetlady is likely to drop from her 7-2 morning line and vie for favoritism in the 6 1/2-furlong Cincinnati Trophy with 2-1 morning-line choice Fairyland. Already proven over Turfway’s synthetic Polytrack surface, Fairyland won a Dec. 6 allowance at Turfway by two lengths.
There is an abundance of speed in the lineup Friday that could create a fast pace to aid Streetlady’s closing style. Deshawn Parker rides Streetlady, while Julio Garcia has the mount on the Wesley Ward-trained Fairyland.
KEY CONTENDERS
Streetlady, by Street Boss
Beyers: 71-51
◗ Although unraced on synthetic surfaces, she breezed over one as a young 2-year-old in 2017. She worked an eighth in an above-average 10 1/5 seconds over the Safetrack surface at OBS last April before being purchased by James Bredim for owner DARRS Inc. for $67,000.
Fairyland, by Scat Daddy
Last 3 Beyers: 66-71-76
◗ She has competed mostly in short sprints, and may be vulnerable going 6 1/2 furlongs.
◗ She raced everywhere from Ascot to Del Mar last year, with her best race a second in the Bolton Landing Stakes last summer at Saratoga.
Homemade Salsa, by Two Step Salsa
Last 3 Beyers: 59-57-57
◗ An overlay at her 10-1 morning line, she is not as fast as others in this race and enters off consecutive rear-half finishes, but she is a stakes winner and could move forward with the shift to Polytrack. Progeny of her sire, Two Step Salsa, have performed well on synthetic surfaces.
