Supernaturel kicks off stakes double

VANCOUVER, British Columbia For the first time this year Hastings has carded two stakes races on the same program. Leading off in the seventh is the $50,000 Supernaturel Handicap for 3-year-old fillies. The 1 1/16-mile race attracted six horses, including probable favorite Remarkable Miss.

The Troy Taylor-trained entry of Holy Nova and Lady Raj will be a very short price in the second stakes, the Vancouver Sun. The $50,000 Sun at 1 1/16 miles goes as the eighth race, with eight fillies and mares entered.

Remarkable Miss, who is trained by Barb Heads, is coming off of a second-place finish behind Dancing Allstar in the 6 1/2-furlongs CTHS Sales Stakes on June. 21. She also finished second to Dancing Allstar in the 1 1/16-mile Fantasy last year. Considering that Remarkable Miss is a half-sister to the $220,000 earner Trick of the North, who placed in the Grade 3 Premiers going 1 3/8 miles, she figures to improve with the move to a middle distance.

I think our filly could give Dancing Allstar a run for her money going long, said Heads. Am I disappointed that Dancing Allstar isnt in the race? No.

Frank Fuentes rides Remarkable Miss.

Daymaker looks like the main threat. A Kentucky-bred filly by Fusaichi Pegasus, Daymaker has started only twice but she has displayed a considerable amount of talent. Trained by Dino Condilenios, Daymaker was a very impressive winner of a six-furlong maiden special weight race on May 25, and in her next start she ran a huge race to finish second by a neck in the one-mile Penny Ridge Stakes at Stampede Park on June 15.

Juvee Hall scored a sharp two-length win in an entry-level allowance sprint on June 8, and could be the sleeper.