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On the Louisiana worktab Grade 2 hero FRIESAN FIRE (A.P. Indy), triumphant in the Louisiana H. in his seasonal debut, breezed five furlongs in 1:01 2/5 over the fast main track at Fair Grounds on Monday. He is pointing toward the February 20 Mineshaft H. (G3). Spinaway S. (G1) winner and Eclipse Award finalist HOT DIXIE CHICK (Dixie Union) finished up in 1:04 4/5. Stakes winner and multiple Grade 2-placed GIANT OAK (Giant's Causeway) covered six furlongs in 1:15 with James Graham up. Fourth in the Clark H. (G2) in his sophomore finale, he is also headed to the Mineshaft. "The work couldn't have gone any better," said trainer Neil Pessin, whom Giant Oak is stabled with this winter. "He got the last quarter in 24 (seconds)." Grade 2 vixen TIZAQUEENA (Tiznow), up the track in the Las Palmas H. (G2) in her 2009 finale, completed her half-mile move in :49 4/5. The February 27 Allen "Black Cat" Lacombe Memorial H. might mark her 2010 debut. POINTS OF GRACE (Point Given), recently named the 2009 Canadian champion turf female, logged three furlongs in :38 1/5. She was last seen taking the River Memories S. in October. Multiple Grade 3 winner EL BRUJO (Candy Ride [Arg]), seventh in the Kennedy Road S. (Can-G3) last time, traveled in :51 for four panels. Multiple Grade 3 veteran SILVERFOOT (With Approval), unplaced in his last two, covered six furlongs in 1:14 1/5. WILD FOREST CAT (D'wildcat), last seen finishing second by a neck in the Debutante S. (G3) in June, breezed five furlongs in 1:02 2/5. Five-time stakes winner GOOD AND LUCKY (Wild Rush), a distant third to Friesan Fire in the Louisiana H., went in :49 2/5 for a half-mile. Louisiana-bred turf ace DESERT WHEAT (Wheaton) also went in :49 2/5. He kicked off the year finishing second by a nose in the off-the-turf Dixie Poker Ace S. Grade 2-placed DUBIOUS MISS (E Dubai), unplaced in his last two, traveled five panels in 1:01. Lecomte S. (G3) third LETSGETITONMON (Maria's Mon) was timed in 1:01 3/5. Five-time stakes hero STONEHOUSE (Chester House), fifth in the Tenacious H. last time, covered four furlongs in :49. Stakes queen SIMPLIFY (Pulpit), third in the Dr. A.B. Leggio Memorial S. most recently, went five-eighths in 1:02 3/5. Grade 2-placed sophomore ENUMERATE (Proud Accolade), third in the Sugar Bowl S. to conclude his juvenile campaign, finished four furlongs in :52.
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