She Is So Glad left little doubt in her first stakes victory two weeks ago when she posted a six and a quarter-length victory in 1:55 at Cal-Expo. She will try to make it two straight trophies in her Friday, November 12 sire stakes test for three-year-old pacing lasses at the California raceway.
Her co-owning trainer, Jim Wilkinson, Jr., has always been high on the daughter of Power Of Art, but things have only recently come together which has allowed her to strut her stuff.
“At two we felt she was best of this group, but she we just couldn’t get her sound,” Wilkinson related. “We brought her back at three and she won her first start in April by 10 lengths, but she broke down after the race and literally couldn’t walk out of the winner’s circle.”
She Is So Glad then underwent stem cell surgery and has returned to the wars in sharp style with Rich Wojcio at the controls.
“She still isn’t 100 per cent, and you’ll notice that she bears out in the stretch, but it’s to her credit that she has so much talent and can still handle these horses,” her mentor noted. “Her stakes win was obviously very strong, and she came flying last week but just had too far to come.”
Of course, this weekend’s big-money gathering is the important objective, and the bay miss is looking to add another important win to outstanding resume of her New Zealand-bred dam, Glad Dor.
“She’s had five horses get to the races, and four of them have been stakes winners,” Wilkinson pointed out.
(Cal-Expo)