There may have been only one two-year-old race on the Wednesday card -- an $80,000 maiden special weight for fillies -- but it was a good one, and the winner certainly has the potential to become a graded stakes winner before the year is over.
Race 5: Maiden Special Weight
5 furlongs for 2yo fillies
The favorite was Lucky Friend, a Todd Pletcher-trainee with John Velazquez aboard. Coming off of a fourth-place effort in her debut, she figured to improve in her second start and was thus sent off at nearly 3-2. However, she could only manage another fourth-place finish behind runaway winner Teen Pauline, a daughter of Tapit out of the Carson City mare Effectual. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Teen Pauline showed speed from the start under jockey Julien Leparoux, setting a blazing pace of :21.82 and :44.73 before drawing off hand urging to win the race by 4 3/4 lengths. The final time was :56.53, breaking the track record of :56.54 set last year by J C's Pride. Teen Pauline is owned by Stonestreet Stables, and could potentially make her next start in the Adirondack Stakes (gr. II) on August 12th. My Happy Face proved no match for the winner, but did finish 10 1/2 lengths clear of the rest of the field while turning in a promising debut performance. Gadget Girl set the pace along with Teen Pauline before tiring badly in the final eighth of a mile.
-Keelerman
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