Brownie Points has had such a productive year on dirt, it is easy to forget she won her first stakes on turf. Saturday, she will return to her roots in the $75,000 Lyrique Handicap on the turf at Louisiana Downs.
The Lyrique, for 3-year-old fillies at about 1 1/16 miles, drew a field of eight, including recent stakes winners Aly's Vow, Kalyrra, and Rich Fantasy. The race is a stepping-stone to the $200,000 DeBartolo Oaks at Louisiana Downs on Sept. 23.
My Silver Charm raced close to a hot pace in her last start, and could find herself alone on the lead in the $40,000 Lakeway. The six-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies drew eight others, including Jb's Golden Regret, who last year won the $100,000 La Senorita at Retama.
But the one to catch is My Silver Charm, who in her last start was third in the $50,000 Ponca City at Remington. She pushed fractions of 21.60 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 44.20 for a half-mile. My Silver Charm figures to be prominent again and will break from the rail under Carlos Gonzalez.
The stakes-winning 3-year-olds Jazzy Okie and Starry Pie will vie for favoritism against older rivals in the $50,000 Black Mesa. The six-furlong race, for fillies and mares bred in Oklahoma, drew a 10-horse field that includes defending champ Passion Fever and the multiple stakes winner Racing Sundown.
Jazzy Okie defeated older rivals in her last start, the $40,000 Muscogee Creek Nation at Fair Meadows in Tulsa. Starry Pie was sixth to older rivals last out in the Grade 3 Gardenia at Ellis Park and before that won the $50,000 Dixie Miss for 3-year-olds at Louisiana Downs.
ALTOONA, Iowa - King Freddie heads a field of 11, including two former winners of the race, in the $75,000-added Ralph Hayes on Saturday at Prairie Meadows. A 1 1/16-mile race for older Iowa-bred colts and geldings, the Hayes is the highlight of the 13th annual Iowa Classic Night, an all-stakes program for statebreds featuring six Thoroughbred stakes totaling more than $420,000.
AURORA, Colo. - Folsum has the look of an absolute lock in Saturday's $25,000-added Silver Cup Futurity at Arapahoe Park. Undefeated in two starts, Folsum will face six others in the six-furlong test, restricted to horses sold or bought at the Silver Cup sale. All of his opponents are maidens.
Folsum is coming off a highly impressive score in the Colorado Breeders Futurity on Aug. 13. He never looked back in the six-furlong race and won by 7 1/2 lengths under mild urging while racing along the rail. On July 31 he won his maiden by 1 1/2 lengths in front-running fashion.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Le Cinquieme Essai will try to put an end to his string of second-place finishes Saturday at Woodbine in the Grade 2, $200,000 Play the King Stakes.
The seven-furlong turf sprint, which is a prep for the $1 million Woodbine Mile on Sept. 17, has also attracted American shippers Becrux and Vicarage.
Le Cinquieme Essai ran a close second in the 2005 Play the King, and then ended up third behind Leroidesanimaux and Mobil in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile.
EDMONTON, Alberta - Edenwold, the Queen's Plate winner, is set to make his Western debut in the Grade 3, $300,000 Canadian Derby over 1 3/8 miles here at Northlands Park on Saturday. But there are no free passes for Edenwold, as a deep and competitive group of nine opponents has gathered to try and block his path to the winner's circle.