Suntracer seeks first graded score in Colonel Bradley

Nine older horses will square off in the $100,000

Louisiana Handicap over 1

1/16 miles, a prelude to the Grade 3 Mineshaft Handicap on February 25 and Grade 2 New Orleans Handicap on April 1. Invading

from out of town are the Steve Asmussen-trained Thiskyhasnolimit, who won the

Grade 3 Texas Mile last April before concluding a brief campaign with two

off-the-board finishes, and the Todd Pletcher-trained multiple stakes winner

Alma d'Oro, a close second in the Grade 3 Ack Ack Handicap two back.

Leading the locally-based hopefuls are Fast Alex and Gleam of Hope, who

were separated by a nose when occupying the top two slots in the December 17

Tenacious Handicap. Also expected to draw support is Glenwood Canyon, a stakes

winner at Hoosier Park in October and a solid third in the Ack Ack two back. He

was also cross-entered in the Bradley.

The $75,000 F.W. Gaudin Memorial, a six-furlong dash for older horses, drew a

strong but select group of five. Gantry, Cash Refund and Joe Hollywood finished

in that order in the opening day Thanksgiving Handicap, with Joe Hollywood

subsequently winning an allowance prep for the Gaudin by five lengths. The

six-year-old Cash Refund, the 2010 Gaudin winner, shares the honor of being the

oldest in the field with Mambo Galliano, whose second-place finish in the 2011

Gaudin was book-ended by victories in the Thanksgiving and Duncan F. Kenner

Stakes.

The $75,000

Pan Zareta Stakes attracted 13 fillies and mares to go about 5

1/2 furlongs on the turf. Notables include Wild About Marie, a perfect

four-for-four over the Fair Grounds turf and heroine of the Leggio Memorial a

year ago; Grade 3 veteran Rapport, a solid sixth in the Grade 2 Breeders' Cup

Turf Sprint in her grass debut; and the streaking Flash Mash, a two-time

course-and-distance allowance winner already this meet.