Jim Arledge, Jr. hopes a healthy Sand Windsor can be a primetime player in the three-year-old filly

pacing division.

Sand Windsor, who last year suffered from ulcers, won the $109,000 Courageous Lady for three-year-old filly pacers by a neck over Allswelthatendswel in 1:54.3 at Northfield Park on May 22.

Last year, the filly won two of eight races, including divisions of the Reynolds and Arden Downs, and earned $63,850. A daughter of Real Desire-Time N Again, she was purchased as a yearling for $35,000 at the Lexington Selected Sale (under the name Repeatable) and is owned by Tennessee’s Bill Sanders.

Sand Windsor, driven by Aaron Merriman, is 2-for-2 this year, with earnings of $55,900

“She’s got a heavy stakes schedule (including the Kentucky Sire Stakes and Breeders Crown),” Arledge said. “The biggest thing with her last year was she had little ulcers and a bad stomach and couldn’t eat real good. We’re just trying to keep her healthy. As long as we can keep her healthy, I think she’ll be OK. She’s a nice filly. I think she’s got a lot of go to her.”

Runner-up Allswelthatendswel also has her connections envisioning a strong campaign. She was sick earlier this year, but has won once in three starts and earned $33,950. She was purchased for $13,000 at the Lexington Selected Sale and is owned by Gary Cook and Jennifer Brown. A daughter of Village Jolt-Alls Well, her family includes the hard-knocking pacer Gehrig, still active at age 13, as well as Shipps Schnoops and Die Lute.

“I wanted to have more than two starts in her before this,” trainer Brian Brown said. “Her family gets better as they get older, so I think she’s going to be a nice horse.”

Brown also likes Retrieve A Rose, who was 81-1 in the Courageous Lady and finished fifth. She was unraced last year because of ankle surgery and had surgery again this year to remove a chip. A daughter of The Panderosa-Retrieve Almahurst, she has won once in four starts this season. She was bred by James Koehler, who is her owner.

“We thought enough of her to keep operating and keep waiting, so we’re hoping it does pay off,” Brown said. “If they both stay sound and healthy, they’re both decent fillies. How good, I still don’t know yet. I need some more races before I get to that point.”

This story courtesy of Harness Racing Communications, a division of the U.S.
Trotting Association. For more information, visit www.ustrotting.com.