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Dame Dorothy the one to beat in Bed o' Roses
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| Dame Dorothy (outside orange
silks) surged late to prevail in tight Humana Distaff finish
(Jessie Holmes/EquiSport Photo) |
Dame Dorothy (Bernardini) brings stellar credentials into Saturday's $150,000
Bed o'
Roses H. (G3) at Belmont Park. The four-year-old exits the first Grade 1
victory of her career, defeating champion female sprinter Judy the Beauty
(Ghostzapper) in the May 2 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs, and has captured
six of eight career starts, including the Turnback the Alarm (G3) in her lone
previous appearance at Belmont last October.
Javier Castellano will be back up on the classy Todd Pletcher trainee and
Dame Dorothy figures to be a strong favorite among eight distaffers in the
seven-furlong event. However, the Bed o' Roses doesn't figure to be a walkover
for the bay Pennsylvania-bred filly with three intriguing rivals entered.
La Verdad (Yes It's True) is a Belmont sprint specialist, improving her local
record to 6-5-1-0 with a game score in the May 16 Vagrancy (G3), and the Linda
Rice-trained mare is on the verge of surpassing the $1 million mark in earnings
($990,700). Jose Ortiz will be up on the confirmed front-runner.
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Street Story (Street Cry) invades for conditioner Steve Asmussen following a
convincing 1 1/2-length victory in the May 25 Winning Colors (G3) at Churchill
Downs and captured her only previous attempt at Belmont, the Victory Ride (G3),
nearly 12 months ago. Jose Lezcano picks up the mount aboard the stalker.
Room for Me (Harlington) enters on the upswing for David Jacobson, following
her narrow second in the Vagrancy with a dominant 3 3/4-length victory over
allowance/optional claiming rivals on May 24. The reformed claimer keeps
Cornelio Velasquez in the saddle.
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