Summerly to make final appearance in Falls City

Last year's Kentucky Oaks (G1) queen SUMMERLY (Summer Squall) probably will make her final career

start in the $300,000 Falls City H. (G2), the traditional Thanksgiving Day feature

at Churchill Downs. WinStar Farm purchased the four-year-old filly for $3.3

million at the recent Fasig-Tipton November Selected Mixed Sale and sent her

back to trainer Scott Blasi with this race in mind. The chestnut likely will be

bred to Distorted Humor next year.

Summerly was excluded from running in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) after

that event drew an overflow field. She will carry top weight of 120 pounds in

the nine-furlong Falls City, including jockey Shaun Bridgmohan.

Summerly has competed only three times this year, taking the Ashado S. in her

seasonal debut at Saratoga before running fifth in the Ruffian H. (G1) and

seventh in the Spinster S. (G1). She enters the Falls City, the scene of her

greatest victory, with a record of 13-6-1-2, $891,633.

Other contenders include SANGRITA (Mr. Greeley) and JOINT EFFORT (Runaway

Groom), the first two finishers in the Chilukki S. (G2) on November 2, Arlington

Oaks (G3) heroine CRYPTOQUIP (Cryptoclearance), and Maryland shipper SILMARIL

(Diamond), winner of the Maryland Million Distaff H. in her last start on

October 14.

The field, in post position order with jockeys and weights, is CURSORA (Arg)

(Candy Stripes), Julien Leparoux, 114; Summerly; ERMINE (Exchange Rate), Calvin

Borel, 114; SEA SIREN (Stormy Atlantic), Cornelio Velasquez, 118; Joint Effort,

Mark Guidry, 115; Cryptoquip, Robby Albarado, 115; Silmaril, Ryan Fogelsonger,

116; and Sangrita, Rafael Bejarano, 115.