A strong case can be made for several of the pacing fillies and mares in this Saturday night’s $3,400 main event at Cal Expo, as Blue Note, Getter Queen Flush and Moonshinenmonkeys are scheduled to be among the major players.
The feature has been carded as the opening race on a 10-race card presented by Watch and Wager LLC, and things will get underway at 6:40 p.m.
Blue Note is a 13-year-old daughter of Little Steven out of the Denali mare Romantic Music who comes into her Saturday assignment with $141,000 in her bank account and a 1:54.1 mark taken at Cal Expo.
In last week’s outing at the same level, the bay miss carved out all the fractions with Luke Plano giving directions and showed the way into deep stretch. She was unable to hold off the closing charge of the heavily-favoured Bettor Lady, who is scheduled to compete in Friday night’s Kirk Breed Pace.
Getter Queen Flush and Moonshinenmonkeys are both exiting the Open II which was captured last week by Shark Festival and should be very much at home under Saturday’s conditions.
Getter Queen Flush proved a punctual favourite the last time she started in a conditioned event on March 24. She carries the banner of Reider, Haness, Haness and Thomas with George Reider the conditioner and is looking for her fifth win on the year from 16 appearances.
Moonshinenmonkeys looms large with her best mile and she is owned by Rick Bertrand and Doug Flores with Bertrand doing the training and James Kennedy guiding. The field is rounded out by Magnifique, Surprisingly Sweet and Totally Racy.
(Cal Expo)