Echo Zulu, Frank’s Missile Clash in Honorable Miss

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Echo Zulu, Frank's Missile Clash in Honorable Miss

For all the talk of star power in the men’s sprinter division, the women have some pretty brilliant pacers of their own.

Protect Eclipse Award Winners Good night olives She may be at the top of the table but there are definitely some strong contenders for her, including a couple that will be featured among the four starting on July 26 in the six-part, $200,000 Miss Honor (G2) for fat girls and mares ages 3 and up at Racecourse Saratoga.

Both L and N Racing and Purebred Winchell’ Echo of Zulu and Frank Fletcher Racing Operations’ Frank’s rocket are distant sprinters with millions of dollars in earnings, winning multiple bets classified with an impressive array of credentials.

Echo Zulu, the 4-year-old daughter of gunman With three 1st grade wins on record, she owns the Eclipse Award, a trophy for the most obedient 2-year-old she won in 2021 for coach Steve Asmussen.

A perfect 4 out of 4 as a teenager, Echo Zulu’s only side effort came in a second start in 3rd place when she found a wet track and the Kentucky Oaks (G1) 1/8 mile distance was out of range for her. On the other hand, her only other loss in nine career starts was a runner-up finish behind the aforementioned Goodnight Olive in Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1).

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In her debut at the age of 4, the mare’s daughter Menifee Letgomyecho easily won against 5 3/4 the length of the Winning Color Bet (G3) May 29 at Churchill Downs in her first start since the World Championships.

“I think she is training better than ever,” said David Fiske, race manager for the Thoroughbred Winchell. “After the winter break and the body work we’ve done with her, she played Churchill great and now she’s doing really well. She’s really fast.”

Echo Zulu has been off for nearly seven months after the Breeders’ Cup, largely due to a lack of female top-level sprints.

Fiske said: ‘She had some ankle problems, we cleaned up but nothing serious. “There was nowhere to run after Breeders’ Cup, so we decided to put her on the shelf and try to fix whatever little thing she might have happened to her.”

Bred by Betz/J. Betz/Burns/CHNNHK/Magers/CoCoEquine/Ramsby and purchased for $300,000 from a Thoroughbred Betz lot at Keeneland’s September Annual Sale, $2.25M earner already owns two Spa wins, debut and Spinaway (G1) Shares at 2.

Frank’s Rockette, a purebred 6-year-old into naughty mare, is also a consistent gem with 12 wins in 27 starts, along with 9 seconds and 3/3 for $1,408,733.

One of her rare bad attempts was at the Filly and Mare Sprint last year when she was never intimidated and finished in a disappointing 11th place.

Since then, she has racked up three wins by margin with a total spread of 21 lengths for trainer Bill Mott.

When last seen, she was a 3/4 length winner of the Roxelana Stake at Churchill Downs.

by Rodney Lundock Mary is the complete opposite not to be missed with a record of six wins in eight starts and two seconds—especially since one of the runners-up was Goodnight Olive for a long time last time on April 8 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

4 years old first guy She was coached by Shug McGaughey.

An Outsider in the Field, Cash Is King and LC Racing’s Dr. B (Map of Liam ), ranked fourth for coach Butch Reid after Goodnight Olive in the seven-feathered Bed o’ Roses Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park.