Pacing filly Alicorn developed quite a following after her two seasons of racing in Canada for trainer Chantal Mitchell. But the speedy daughter of Bettors Delight gave fans a scare in her most recent start and hasn't been seen since.
Alicorn, the O'Brien Award winner for two-year-old pacing fillies in 2019, last raced on Dec. 10 at Yonkers Raceway in the $30,000 Filly & Mares Open in her first start outside of Canada. In that race, Alicorn lost stride off the final turn and fell to the ground, unseating driver Todd McCarthy. She has not returned to the track since that incident, but co-owner Frank Bruno said Alicorn is readying for a comeback.
"She is currently turned out at Legacy Farms in New Jersey and is fully recovered from the fall at Yonkers," Frank Bruno, owner of Windermere Stable, told Trot Insider. "Alicorn will return to trainer Darran Cassar's barn in February to resume training.
"We are going to take our time with her," Bruno continued, "and the current plan is for her to race in overnight races in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the spring. The remainder of her four-year-old schedule will be decided upon after evaluating her performance in the spring overnight races."
From 26 starts, Alicorn has visited the winner's circle on nine occasions. The White Birch Farm-bred mare has earned $673,365 for Windermere Stable and Robert Muscara. In 2020, Alicorn competed on the Grand Circuit in Ontario, winning two OSS Gold divisions in her 13 starts and earning cheques in 10 of her 12 sophomore starts in Canada before the accident at Yonkers.
"We are looking forward to seeing our Ontario Sires Stakes champion return to the races," noted Bruno.