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Havre de Grace set for Woodward
A victory over males promises to loom large in their tussle for an Eclipse Award. Although Blind Luck prevailed in three of their four meetings last season, the scorecard is tied in 2011. Havre de Grace drew first blood with a 3 1/4-length triumph in the March 19 Azeri S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park, but Blind Luck outdueled her archrival in their most recent meeting in the July 16 Delaware H. (G2). While Blind Luck would make history as the first distaffer to capture the Pacific Classic, Havre de Grace is following the trail first blazed by Rachel Alexandra in the 2009 Woodward. Rachel Alexandra, then a three-year-old, used her historic coup to clinch the Horse of the Year title. Havre de Grace, who has been narrowly beaten by Blind Luck in her two attempts at 1 1/4 miles, could enjoy cutting back to 1 1/8 miles in the Woodward. Judging by her bullet work last Wednesday at Delaware Park, a five-furlong blitz in :59 3/5, she is sitting on a big effort. "Havre de Grace's work was amazing," Porter posted. "A group of us watching from the grandstand guessed at her time and no one was under 1:01. She just does it so easily you don't realize how fast she is going. She just gobbles up ground. I remember the same thing with Rockport Harbor and Hard Spun. No one watching could believe the time after watching the work."
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