Truth by Ruth has a nice closing kick, and her trainer, Danny Pish, hopes to see it Saturday night, when she starts in the $65,000 Margarita Breeders' Cup at Retama Park.
A 1 1/16-mile turf race, the Margarita drew seven fillies and mares.
Truth by Ruth should start as one of the top choices on the strength of a summer campaign in which she held her own against stakes winners Rue des Reves, My Misty Princess, Comalagold, and Candy Ball in high-end allowances at Lone Star Park.
Super Call and Thoughtuwasatoad should vie for favoritism in Saturday's $15,000-added Van Berg Derby at Columbus, but there are no tossouts in the field of six.
For 3-year-olds, the Van Berg Derby is run at a mile and 70 yards.
A stakes winner last year, Thoughtuwasatoad tuned up for the Van Berg Derby in a 6 1/2-furlong second-level allowance prep here last Saturday, when he was second, beaten four lengths. Thoughtuwasatoad made a bid into the far turn, but could not sustain the effort.
Charedi's Peak will try for her third straight win when she faces eight 3-year-old fillies in the $50,000 Ann Arbor Stakes. Contested at one mile, the Ann Arbor is the eighth race on the card, part of Great Lakes Downs's Fan Appreciation Weekend. First post is 6:30 p.m.
Zee Oh Six put together a memorable campaign last year at Remington Park, where he won four of five starts, including three stakes races. Saturday night, he will return to the track to make his season debut in the $50,000 Silver Goblin.
A 6 1/2-furlong race for Oklahoma-breds, the Silver Goblin also includes stakes winners Herecomesthemannow and George Taylor.
Zee Oh Six closed his 2005 season with a win over open company in the $40,000 Governor's Cup at Remington on Nov. 26. He shows a series of strong works for Saturday's race.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - With the 3-year-old filly Multiple, trainer Billy Morey is repeating a pattern that he just had success with. Morey claimed Multiple for $80,000 at Del Mar on July 27, and she will make her first start for him in Saturday's Bay Meadows Fair feature, a first-level allowance race for fillies and mares at 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf.
AUBURN, Wash. - Sophie's Trophy and Chestnut Lady will have a rematch Saturday, when they head a field of six 3-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Washington Breeders' Cup Oaks at 1 1/8 miles.
In their first meeting, Sophie's Trophy prevailed by a neck over Chestnut Lady in the Irish Day Handicap on June 25, finishing one mile in 1:36.40. Both fillies had trouble in that race - Sophie's Trophy broke slowly and Chestnut Lady was blocked on the second turn - and handicappers must determine who was more disadvantaged.
The Sales Stakes, restricted to horses who went through the ring at the Alberta yearling sale last summer, will be featured on Saturday's program at Northlands Park in Edmonton.
The 6 1/2-furlong Sales Stakes, with one division for fillies and the other for colts and geldings, will go as the last two races on the nine-race card and each offers a guaranteed purse of $60,000.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Park Avenue Ball, fresh from a career-best victory, tops a field of eight Saturday in the Grade 3, $250,000 Philip H. Iselin Breeders' Cup Stakes, the top dirt race for older horses at Monmouth Park.
Park Avenue Ball won Monmouth's Skip Away Stakes, the Iselin prep, by a commanding five lengths on July 23.
A 4-year-old New Jersey-bred colt, Park Avenue Ball earned a 110 Beyer Speed Figure that day, the best career number of any horse in the Iselin.
