Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Friday, March 30

By Ryan Martin —-

Barn Notes: Friday March 30, 2018

IMPRESSIVE MAIDEN WINNER TALK VEUVE TO ME WILL LIKELY FACE WINNERS NEXT OUT

Talk Veuve To Me showed a great amount of promise on Sunday afternoon when breaking her maiden by 11¼ lengths on Sunday afternoon over the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots main track for trainer and co-owner Rodolphe Brissett.

The daughter of Violence was guided to victory by Shaun Bridgmohan and made her first start since a second-place finish in her career debut at Ellis Park in August behind Harbor Lights. Stable mate Abounding Joy finished second.

“She won pretty nicely we always liked her,” Brissett said. “We ran her once when she was two and gave her some time. We put a good two months of training into and she responded very well. It was a very good effort and she looked great doing it.”

Brisset, who owns the filly in partnership with Stephen McKay stated that Talk Veuve To Me will nominate to the Grade II $200,000 Eight Belles Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 4, but that she will likely target a first level allowance race.

“She looks like she could be stakes type so we may have to open up the condition book and find a stakes for her at some point,” Brissett said. “We just have to do what’s right for her.”

BRIDGMOHAN LEADS BESCHIZZA, GEROUX; COX FIVE WINS AHEAD OF SHARP IN JOCKEYS, TRAINERS RACE

Entering the penultimate day of racing for the 2017-18 Winter Meet at the Fair Grounds, 2009-10 leading rider Shaun Bridgmohan (65) continues to maintain his lead over newcomer Adam Beschizza and two-time defending champ Florent Geroux, who both have 61 wins apiece.

Shaun Bridgmohan (65)

Friday, March 30:
Race 2: Unfading Beauty (7-2); Race 5: Saltee Stark (8-1); Race 6: Vanquish (9-2); Race 9: Perfect Poet (7-2); Race 10: Charge The Line (3-1)

Saturday, March 31
Race 3: Hello Tiz (10-1); Race 4: Uncommon Cat (5-1); Race 5: The Imposter (3-1); Race 6: Iquique (Fr.) (7-2); Race 7: Achiever (8-1); Race 8: Sea Vow (3-1); Race 10: Mageez (6-1); Race 11: Wild About Star (7-2)

Adam Beschizza (61)

Friday, March 30
Race 1: Jane Ran A Double (2-1); Race 3: Shainko’s Secret (3-1); Race 5: Stuck In Vegas (3-1) Race 6: Mischievous Dancer (9-2); Race 10: Titanium Belt (12-1)

Saturday, March 31
Race 1: Cool Arrow (5-2); Race 2: Lady Soul (4-1); Race 3: Little Sarge (4-1); Race 4: Logan’s Reward (12-1); Race 5: Kid Creole (10-1); Race 6: Hard Headed Woman (9-2); Race 7: Move It Man (8-1); Race 8: Spring Value (7-2); Race 9: Sivindahl (6-1); Race 11: Molly Rules (8-1); Race 12: Gone Pecan (4-1)

Florent Geroux (61)

Friday, March 30:
Race 2: Tiz Cecille (9-2); Race 8: Is Too (7-2)

Saturday, March 31
Race 1: St. Louie Guy (8-5); Race 3: Le Pin (Ire) (8-5); Race 5: Vittorioso (7-2), Race 6: Timuquana Place (9-2), Race 9: Minister’s Strike (8-1); Race 10: Grande Basin (6-1); Race 11: Juno’s Starlet (8-1).

In the trainer’s race, Brad Cox is looking to defend his title with 52 victories on the meet over Joe Sharp who has 47.

Brad Cox (52)

Friday, March 30
Race 2: Tiz Cecile (9-2) and Ravish (4-1)

Saturday, March 31
Race 3: Hello Tiz (10-1) and Le Pin (Ire.) (8-5); Race 6: Timuquana Place (9-2) and Iquique (Fr.) (7-2)

Joe Sharp (47)

Friday, March 30
Race 1: Jane Ran A Double (2-1); Race 6: Mischievous Dancer (9-2)

Saturday, March 31 (Closing Day):
Race 1: Cool Arrow (5-2); Race 2: Lady Soul (4-1); Race 3: Little Sarge (4-1); Race 6: Hard Headed Woman (9-2); Race 7: Zero Gravity (8-1) and Move It Man (8-1); Race 9: Svindahl (6-1)

In the owner’s race, Maggi Moss, who last won a title at Fair Grounds in 2014-15, enters Friday one win ahead of Midwest Thoroughbreds (12-11), but the latter does not have a horse entered the remainder of the meet. Both Brad Grady and End Zone Athletics are only two behind Moss and they each have five total horses entered the remaining two racing days.

Maggi Moss (12)

Saturday March 31 (Closing Day)
Race 1: St. Louie Guy (8-5)

Brad Grady (10)

Friday, March 30
Race 1: Jane Ran A Double (2-1); Race 6: Mischievous Dancer (9-2)

Saturday, March 31 (Closing Day):
Race 1: Cool Arrow (5-2); Race 2: Lady Soul (4-1); Race 7: Move It Man (8-1)

End Zone Athletics (10)

Friday, March 30:
Race 5: A Place Remembered (6-1); Race 7: Channel Won (9-2)

Saturday, March 31:
Race 5: The Imposter (3-1); Race 8: Sea Vow (3-1)

LOCAL OTBS TO OPEN AT 10:30 AM CENTRAL TIME FOR DUBAI WORLD CUP CARD ON SATURDAY

To accommodate those wishing to wagering on Dubai, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots and all of the affiliated off track betting parlors will open for wagering Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. CDT. The final three races on the Dubai World Cup card are as follows (with scheduled post time): Dubai Turf (10:35 a.m.), Dubai Sheema Classic (11:10 a.m.) and the Dubai World Cup (11:50 a.m.). Times all CDT.