Taylor's Spirit to try Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks

Taylor’s Spirit, who is a multiple stakes winner in Louisiana and Iowa, is headed to West Virginia. Trainer Scott Gelner said the filly is being pointed for the Grade 3, $300,000 Charles Town Oaks on Sept. 21.

The seven furlong race is run around two turns on the six-furlong oval at Charles Town.

Taylor’s Spirit is proven at the trip, as she won the 2018 My Trusty Cat, a seven furlong stakes around two turns at Delta Downs. In more recent times, Taylor’s Spirit was third in last month’s Grade 3 Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows. She had won the local prep for that race, the Panthers Stakes.

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Taylor’s Spirit is a daughter of Algorithms who races for Mark Norman and Norman Stables. She is a winner of 6 of 12 starts and $250,730.

Albuquerque features 2-year-olds

Bubba Bling figures to start as the favorite in Saturday night’s $50,000 Manzano for 2-year-olds at the Downs at Albuquerque. He is coming off a runner-up finish in the Prairie Gold Juvenile on July 26 at Prairie Meadows.

Alfredo Juarez Jr. has the mount for trainer Steve Asmussen, one weekend after they teamed to win the $200,000 Downs at Albuquerque Handicap with Lookin At Lee.

Bubba Bling will break from post 7 in the field of seven. Asmussen trains the horse by Too Much Bling for one of his chief assistants, Darren Fleming.