So Many Ways meets familiar foes in Dogwood

The most accomplished of the nine three-year-old fillies in Saturday's Grade

3, $100,000

Dogwood at Churchill Downs, So Many Ways nonetheless may have something to

prove as she enters the seven-furlong dash having dropped three races in a row.

An undefeated juvenile when she captured the Spinaway and Schuylerville, So

Many Ways lost her first two starts of 2013, but rebounded for new trainer Tom

Amoss with a winning outside rally in the May 3 Eight Belles over the Dogwood

course and distance. However, after running third in the Iowa Oaks in a rare

attempt around two turns, the Maggi Moss-owned filly was not a major threat when

fourth in both the Prioress and the Test at Saratoga, a track she had previously

been dominant over.

Fusaichiswonderful, a half-length second to So Many Ways in the Eight Belles,

has raced only once in the interim, finishing third as the favorite in the June

29 Victory Ride at Belmont. The former Puerto Rico sensation has since moved

from the barn of Todd Pletcher to the Keeneland-based Tevis McCauley. Eight

Belles third-placer Irish Lute is also back in the mix here having run third in

the Prioress and sixth in the Test in her last two starts.