Zealous Vision, Dancing Diva clash again in Te Ata
Zealous Vision and Dancing Diva will continue their rivalry Friday night at Remington Park, where the 3-year-old fillies meet in the $50,000 Te Ata. The race is one of two Oklahoma-bred stakes on the program. The $50,000 Tishomingo for 3-year-olds is led by Okey Dokey Kyle.
The Te Ata and Tishomingo will be run over seven furlongs and figure to produce starters for the $1 million Oklahoma Classics Night program of statebred stakes Oct. 16.
Zealous Vision and Dancing Diva will be meeting for the fifth time in the Te Ata.
Te Ata, Race 7
KEY CONTENDERS
Zealous Vision (Last 3 Beyers: 71-58-61)
◗ Zealous Vision is a two-time stakes winner who has won three of her four matchups with Dancing Diva. She enters the Te Ata off a 5 1/4-length allowance win Aug. 28 at Remington. Dancing Diva was second in the 6 1/2-furlong race that served as a prep for the Te Ata.
◗ Zealous Vision won the $85,000 Oklahoma Classics Night Lassie over Dancing Diva last October at Remington, then finished third to her rival in the $55,000 Oklahoma Stallion Stakes on Nov. 28, also at Remington. The pair met again in another division of the Oklahoma Stallion Stakes on May 2 at Will Rogers Downs, and the winner was Zealous Vision.
◗ Zealous Vision has used off-the-pace tactics in her races and figures to again get a stalking trip Friday night when she breaks from post 8. Bryan McNeil has the mount for trainer Scott Young.
Dancing Diva (Last 3 Beyers: 59-65-37)
◗ She set a quick pace when second in the allowance prep for the Te Ata, dueling through a half-mile in 44.80 seconds and six furlongs in 1:10.40. The start was Dancing Diva’s first in three months, and she could move forward Friday.
◗ Dancing Diva, who can be closer to the pace than Zealous Vision, will break from post 4.
◗ Curtis Kimes has the mount for trainer Boyd Caster.
Tishomingo, Race 4
key contenders
Okey Dokey Kyle (Last 3 Beyers: 58-68-65)
◗ He’s the most accomplished member of the field as a two-time stakes winner, having swept both divisions of the Oklahoma Stallion Stakes.
◗ Okey Dokey Kyle was fourth last out in a Remington allowance sprint won by multiple stakes winner Shotgun Kowboy. Others exiting the race for the Tishomingo are Perfect Majestic, Kenny Do the Math, and He Knows Better.