Friendly Michelle returns in Genuine Risk

Grade 1 winner FRIENDLY MICHELLE (Artax) is set to make her four-year-old debut

Saturday when taking on nine rivals in the $150,000 Genuine Risk H. (G2) at

Belmont Park. The Bob Baffert-trained miss scored three stakes wins last season,

including the Prioress S. (G1) and La Troienne S. (G3), as well as placing in

the Las Virgenes S. (G1) and Acorn S. (G1). She hasn't been seen in competition

since an off-the-board finish in the Raven Run S. (G2) during Keeneland's fall

meet, and will have to tote the top weight of 119 pounds under John Velazquez on

Saturday.

ELUSIVE DIVA (Elusive Quality) will switch back to the dirt for this test

after taking the Las Cienegas H. (G3) last out. That was her second straight

turf win, following a half-length victory in the Wishing Well H. while making

her 2005 bow in January. In between those two grass starts, the Mark Glatt-trained

bay ran third in the Buena Vista H. (G3). Also included in the field are BANK

AUDIT (Wild Rush), who successfully moved up from claiming company to take the

Distaff Breeders' Cup H. (G2) two back, and TRAVELATOR (A. P Jet), a close third-place finisher in the Distaff Breeders' Cup at 17-1 in her last one.

The complete field for the six-furlong Genuine Risk, with riders and weights,

is Elusive Diva, Jose Santos, 118; Travelator, Jorge Chavez, 114; FORESTIER

(Forestry), Richard Migliore, 115; FOREST MUSIC (Unbridled's Song), Jason

Lumpkins, 115; FORTY MOVES (Gold Fever), Mike Luzzi, 114; SENSIBLY CHIC

(Distorted Humor), Cornelio Velasquez, 115; Bank Audit, Norberto Arroyo Jr., 117;

Friendly Michelle; LILAH (Defrere), Channing Hill, 117; and SMOKEY GLACKEN

(Forestry), Edgar Prado, 116.