Smash has been a solid performer for owner/breeders Junior Wilkinson and Billie Schwartz, as she has snared some sire stakes trophies and took a mark of 1:53.5 earlier this year.
The dark-hued daughter of Little Steven has posed for pictures twice during the current Cal Expo meet in conditioned company and is coming off of a good runner-up finish behind Shesamysterytome in last week’s Filly and Mare Open.
“We bred her and we bred her mother I Need A Miracle and we’re proud of both of them,” Wilkinson related. “She’s a full sister to A Real Miracle and she’s been good to us.
“She’s had too much for them when we’ve been able to drop her into conditioned spots, and her last start in the Open was very good because she got a little unlucky and then was flying at the end.”
Smash is set to make her next start Friday night as she will once again take on a solid group of fillies and mares, including last week’s victress, Shesamysterytome, in the featured Open.
She was among four in the field who were assigned to draw for outside posts and unfortunately got the short straw. She will have to do her work from Post 8 this go-around.
Distaff Open brings out well-matched field
An evenly-matched field of eight pacing fillies and mares will do battle in Friday night’s featured $6,600 Open, and Shesamystertome will be seeking a repeat score at the head of the class.
The main event will head postward as Race 7 on the 11-race card. First post is set for 6:10 p.m.
Shesamysterytome is a three-year-old daughter of Mystery Chase who carries the banner of Ashley Sluggett and Trevor Williams and is trained and driven by Ryan Grundy. She has prevailed in three of her four starts at this session since coming in from Canada.
After having captured a pair of conditioned events in her first two outings during the current meet, Shesamysterytome finished second behind Capitol Hill in her next try. Having started from the rail during last week’s top clash for this group, Shesamystertome made what proved to be the winning brush to the lead past the quarter and went on to a length and a quarter score while rewarding her backers to the tune of $20.40.
Capitol Hill had to settle for a fourth as the mild favourite in that affair, but has several Open scores during the current meet. George McChrystal and Kathie Plested own, Plested trains and Steve Wiseman will once again be at the controls.
Sparkin Your Fire accounted for back-to-back top dances earlier this month and figures to be right in the thick of things. Gerry Longo trains for Peg Hoffman and Mooney Svendsen will be in the bike. The mare set a lifetime mark of 1:54 with her December 1 decision at Cal Expo.
Smash, Windsong Lindsey, Delightfully Wild, Rush And A Brush and If You Say So will round out the field.
(Cal Expo)