On Fire Baby, Summer Applause scheduled to breeze Friday

On Fire Baby and Summer Applause will continue their preparations for the

Grade 1, $1 million Kentucky Oaks with breezes beneath the Twin Spires on Friday

morning.

Anita Cauley's homebred On Fire Baby completed the Grade 2 stakes double of

the Pocahontas and Golden Rod at Churchill Downs last fall and most recently was

seen taking the Grade 3 Honeybee at Oaklawn Park on March 10. The gray daughter

of Smoke Glacken is considered to be one of the leading contenders for the

Kentucky Oaks, sporting a career record of 4-0-1 from six career starts and

earnings of $312,329. Her lone off-the-board finish came as a fifth in the Grade

1 Alcibiades last October on Keeneland's Polytrack.

On Fire Baby arrived at Churchill Downs from Oaklawn on April 16 and visited

the track for the first time Wednesday. Trainer Gary Hartlage said the sophomore

lass galloped at the Louisville track early Thursday morning and will breeze

Friday shortly after the track opens at 6 a.m. (EST).

Gillian Campbell, R Group Management Ltd. and Greenwood Lodge Farm's Summer

Applause will also breeze at 6 a.m. on Friday, according to trainer Bret

Calhoun. It will be the second breeze at Churchill Downs for Summer Applause

since she arrived from Fair Grounds on April 3. The bay daughter of Harlan's

Holiday went four furlongs on a fast track in :47 3/5 on April 13.

Summer Applause captured the Grade 3 Rachel Alexandra and last out just

missed by a neck in the Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks to Believe You Can, who also

visited the Churchill Downs track Thursday morning.

With trainer Larry Jones aboard, Believe You Can galloped 1 1/4 miles after

the renovation break. The Brereton Jones homebred daughter of Proud Citizen will

breeze on Monday after the renovation break under Rosie Napravnik, who will be

aboard the dark bay filly in the Kentucky Oaks.

In other Kentucky Oaks news, Peachtree Stable's Mamma Kimbo galloped 1 1/4

miles prior to the renovation break under Peter Hutton, assistant to trainer Bob

Baffert. The Discreet Cat miss is undefeated thus far in two starts, including a

1 1/4-length victory in the Grade 2 Fantasy at Oaklawn Park on April 11.