The $84,000 Courageous Lady has drawn an impressive field of seven and will head postward this Friday evening (April 26) at Northfield Park.
The Courageous Lady has been carded as Race 11 and holds an approximate post time of 10:30 p.m.
The Courageous Lady, an open stakes event for North America’s top three-year-old pacing fillies, is the first U.S. national stakes of 2013 and has been added to the roster of Grand Circuit events.
The Courageous Lady will be the final leg of the evening’s Pick-4 which carries a guaranteed pool of $10,000 and a reduced take-out rate of just 14 per cent.
Trainer Ron Burke, who is no stranger to winning major events at Northfield Park or on the national stage, will start two of his talented fillies in the Courageous Lady. Burke trains the morning line favourite, Charisma Hanover (5-2), and the highly regarded Carols Desire (4-1).
Locally-based and Northfield Park Wall of Fame trainer Clair Umholtz makes his first Courageous Lady attempt. Umholtz will start Champagne Tonight who has the fastest mark and highest earnings of this year’s equine athletes.
The 2013 Courageous Lady field:
Post - Horse - Driver - Morning Line
1 - Miss Madi M - Ryan Stahl - 9-2
2 - Diligent Prospect - Dan Noble - 10-1
3 - Champagne Tonight - Brett Miller - 7-2
4 - Carols Desire - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - 4-1
5 - Charisma Hanover - Dave Palone - 5-2
6 - Whetstone Hanover - Mike Wilder - 12-1
7 - Cams Macharena - Tyler Smith - 8-1
(Northfield)