Fourteen three-year-old fillies have been entered for Yonkers Raceway's Lady Maud Pace, with a total purse of $421,030.
A pair of $20,000 elimination events will be contested during Friday night's 13-race soiree. The first four finishers in each split will return for the $381,020 final, set for October 25.
The connections of New York Sires Stakes champion Artimittateslife took $30,000 from her retirement account to become the lone supplemental entrant into this season's Lady Maud. She drew Post 6 in the second elimination. Stephane Bouchard will do the honours.
The daughter of Art Major returns to Westchester on a roll, with four consecutive victories. After winning the $175,000 NYSS final here in mid-September, she won a $36,784 division of the Trillium Series at Mohawk Racetrack.
This past Saturday night, she turned in a hard-fought win in the $122,500 Courageous Lady at Northfield Park.
Artimittateslife, trained locally by Ed Hart for the Canadian contingent of Bob Young, Paul Gazzola and Brian Barton, has won 10 of her 15 seasonal starts ($545,190).
Here are the fields for the Lady Maud elims:
Laud Maud – 1st elimination
1. Sand Pleasure
2. Good News Lady
3. Loving Caroline
4. Happy Dreamer
5. Cheyenne Trish
6. See And Be Seen
7. A And Gs Confusion
Laud Maud – 2nd elimination
1. Hannah Isabel
2. Ladycino
3. Riverbank Hanover
4. Knock Three Times
5. Stylish Artist
6. Artimittateslife
7. Thong
The entry box for the $625,000 (est.) Messenger Stakes closes tomorrow at 4 p.m. Eliminations (if necessary) are scheduled for this Saturday night, with the final set for Saturday, October 25.
(Yonkers Raceway)