Neige Blanche an outstanding class in Astra Five-Horse

Neige Blanche carry 124 pounds high in $125,000 Astra Stakes (G3T) on January 17 at Santa Anita . Parkdiscovered opponents four pounds each. But the weight wasn’t enough to jeopardize her chances of success.

A four-time winner who also competed in the Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) at the age of 3, she faces just four opponents, none of whom have yet to win the black. Neige Blanche will be a favorite character.

Astra, a grass-fed 1/2-mile contest for old bitches and mares, was the only national ranking contest during Martin Luther King Jr.’s three-day holiday. weekend.

Neige Blanche, “snow white” in French, won the other 3 classes/groups. 1.5-mile-year-old Santa Barbara Stakes (G3T) winner starting May 5 in Santa Anita, she recently won the No-Race Red Carpet Handicap (G3T) vs. next Lucky when racing 1 3/8 miles at Del Mar November 25, Neige Blanche also won the Prix Cleopatre (G3) in France in 2020.

Neige Blanche races for Madaket Stables, Laura De Seroux, Marsha Naify and Mathilde Powell and will have Juan Hernandez on board.

Of her four opponents, The Act of Disappearance and Reiwa have the strongest qualifications. The frontrunner stayed 1 1/4 mile in winning a race at Santa Anita in March, while the second took fourth place in the 1/16 mile Miss America pageant at Golden Gate Field December 12th.