Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Hopefaithjoy looks forward to Busanda Stakes

 

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015


Contact: Najja Thompson
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Hopefaithjoy looks forward to Busanda Stakes
 

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The 42nd running of the $100,000 Busanda Stakes on Saturday, at Aqueduct Racetrack features a field of 3-year-old fillies each looking to begin 2015 with their first stakes victory.

Heading the field is Hopefaithjoy, purchased by StarLadies Racing in the Keeneland September Sales for $270,000 and trained by Todd Pletcher. She enters off a fourth-place finish in the Rags to Riches Stakes on October 26 at Churchill Downs.


After finishing third in her debut on a sloppy track in July at Saratoga, she then broke her maiden in her next start on October 5 at Keeneland by 3 ¾ lengths.


The Pletcher-trained Hopefaithjoy is 2-1 on the morning line and will leave from post position 1 with Jose Ortiz in the irons.


Michael Dubb and Bethlehem Stables will send Diannestillworks. Trained by Rudy Rodriguez, the daughter of Scat Daddy most recently broke her maiden on the Big A main track in a $75,000 maiden claimer on November 14 after having encountered a pair of difficult trips at the maiden special weight level.


Diannestillworks is 6-1 on the morning line with jockey Manuel Franco up from post 2.


Bonnet Plume, for trainer Tom Albertrani and owner Darley Stable, enters off an impressive 9 ½-length maiden special weight victory in the slop on the Aqueduct inner track. The Bernardini filly out of Little Bonner, by Cornonado's Quest, has finished no worse than fourth in her three career starts and is coming off an explosive victory with the first time addition of Lasix.


The 3-1 morning-line second choice, Bonnet Plume will leave from post 6 with Dylan Davis aboard.


Trainer Dominick Schettino will saddle a pair of New York-bred inner-track maiden debut winners in Liberty Island and North Eight Street.


Liberty Island, owned by Xavier Racing Partners and The Club Racing, broke her maiden by 3 ½ lengths moving three wide and clearing in the stretch on the Aqueduct inner dirt track December 3. She will leave from post 4 and is 5-2 on the morning line.


North Eight Street broke her maiden in the slop on a race originally scheduled for the turf November 26, grabbing the lead from the break to win by 5 ½ lengths. Junior Alvarado will be up and listed as 8-1 on the morning line.


Rounding out the field is Sweet On Smokey for trainer Gregory Sacco, at 15-1 on the morning line.

 

The field for the $100,000 Busanda Stakes:

PP

Horse

A/S

Med

Jockey

WGT

Trainer

Odds

1

Hopefaithjoy (KY)

3/F

L

J L. Ortiz

116

T A. Pletcher

2-1

2

Diannestillworks (KY)

3/F

L

M Franco

116

R R. Rodriguez

6-1

3

Sweet On Smokey (KY)

3/F

L

J Bisono

116

G D. Sacco

15-1

4

Liberty Island (NY)

3/F

L

J Alvarado

116

D Schettino

5-2

5

North Eight Street (NY)

3/F

L

A Serpa

116

D Schettino

8-1

6

Bonnet Plume (KY)

3/F

L

D Davis

116

T Albertrani

3-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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