A well-matched field of 10 three-year-old pacing fillies will contest Saturday’s Miller Lite Courageous Lady at Northfield Park, led by $10,000 supplemental entry Cowboys Dreamer
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Not originally eligible to the race, Cowboys Dreamer's connections, Lou Carlo and Joe Berry, paid the extra fee and their filly has subsequently been installed as the 5-2 morning line favourite for the event.
Cowboys Dreamer has win eight of 10 races this year and lowered her mark to 1:52.3. Kevin Wallis, who won the 2005 Courageous Lady with Beloved Angel, will be shipping in to the ships in from Michigan to drive the daughter of Hawaiian Cowboy--Mothers Day Dream.
The second choice on the morning line at odds of 3-1 is the 2009 Ohio Sires Stakes champ Hawks Cry Electra, who won six of seven races at two and won her 2010 debut last Friday at Lebanon Raceway for trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. and pilot Dan Noble.
The race, which honours longtime Ohio horse owner Jack Tramonte who passed away earlier this month, also marks the return to Northfield of driver Greg Grismore.
First-race post time on Northfield's 14-dash Saturday card is 7:00 p.m. The Miller Lite Courageous Lady has been carded as Race 12, with an 11:05 p.m. post time. The complete field is listed below
Post - Horse - Driver - Morning Line Odds
1 - Hawks Cry Electra - Dan Noble - 3-1
2 - Cowboys Dreamer - Kevin Wallis - 5-2
3 - Allswelthatendswel - Greg Grismore - 8-1
4 - Miss Sand Creek - TBA - 10-1
5 - Retrieve A Rose - Greg Grismore - 20-1
6 - Carries Standby - Ryan Stahl - 15-1
7 - Leave Em Gasping - Sam Schillaci - 25-1
8 - Budgirls Hanover - Tony Hall - 8-1
9 - Got No Brakes - Aaron Merriman - 12-1
10 - Sand Windsor - Aaron Merriman - 7-2
(With files from Northfield)