Wait a While bids for Bonnie Miss; Original Spin returns in Forward Gal

Wait a While bids for Bonnie Miss; Original Spin returns in

Forward Gal

Original Spin will try to get back to her winning ways in her sophomore debut (Lauren Pomeroy/Horsephotos.com) Three-year-old fillies are featured in a pair of $150,000 events at Gulfstream Park Sunday, the 1 1/8-mile Bonnie Miss S. (G2) and seven-furlong Forward Gal S. (G2). WAIT A WHILE (Maria's Mon), a commanding 14-length heroine of the Davona Dale S. (G2), highlights the Bonnie Miss, and Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie S. (G3) winner and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) third ORIGINAL SPIN (Distorted Humor) will make her seasonal bow in the latter. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Wait a While has captured two of three stakes starts, the lone setback being a third-place finish to WONDER LADY ANNE L (Real Quiet) in November's Demoiselle S. (G2) at Aqueduct. She gained a measure of revenge when dominating her rival in the Bonnie Miss, and John Velazquez will ride the likely favorite. The Bonnie Miss did come over a wet track, and Wonder Lady Anne L could show more if the track is fast Sunday. Another top contender is FRENCH PARK (Ecton Park), winner of the Golden Rod S. (G2) and Pocahontas S. (G3) at Churchill Downs last fall for Helen Pitts. The gray filly exits a head second in the Silverbulletday S. (G3) and will be reunited with rider Mark Guidry.

The seven Bonnie Miss runners, in post position order with jockeys, is SMART

N PRETTY (Elusive Quality), Rafael Bejarano; TEAMMATE (A.P. Indy), Cornelio

Velasquez; Wonder Lady Anne L, Edgar Prado; MIA'S REFLECTION (Halo's Image),

Manoel Cruz; French Park; BETTER NOW (Thunder Gulch), Javier Castellano; and

Wait a While.

Two races later, Original Spin will square off against 10 opponents in the

Forward Gal. The Anthony Mitchell-trained miss brings a 3-2-0-1 mark into the

race. Her main challengers include INDIA (Hennessy), a sharp 3 3/4-length

allowance winner in her three-year-old return for Pletcher; MISTY ROSETTE (Stormin

Fever), who remained unbeaten with a facile victory in the Old Hat S. (G3) last

out; Sunshine Millions Oaks winner JOINT EFFORT (Runaway Groom); and the Bill

Mott-trained SWEET FERVOR (Seeking the Gold), who improved to two for two with a

seven-length tally in Tampa Bay's Gasparilla S. on January 21.

From the rail, the Forward Gal participants are A SEA TRIPPI (Trippi), Mike

Smith; MIRACULOUS MISS (Mr. Greeley), Jeremy Rose; Misty Rosette, Sebastian

Madrid; VESTREY LADY (Vicar), Shaun Bridgmohan; LAKE ALICE (Mt. Livermore),

Kristi Chapman; Original Spin, Rene Douglas; India, Velazquez; Joint Effort,

Guidry; MISS SHOP (Deputy Minister), Velasquez; Sweet Fervor, Prado; and WIN

MCCOOL (Giant's Causeway), Bejarano.