Calmly raced Zero Tolerance will stretch out and face graded stakes competition for the first time and could pose an elusive front-running target among a talented field of eight sophomore fillies going one mile on turf in the Oct. 30 $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.
Amongst these additionally figuring prominently within the Autumn Miss are Irish-breds Ego Trip and Burgoo Alley , along with Spanish Loveaffair and Madone .
Based at San Luis Rey Downs with Peter Miller, Zero Tolerance comes off an impressive one-length tally going 6 1/2 furlongs down the hillside turf course in the ungraded Unzip Me Stakes Oct. 3 and with leading man Flavien Prat back aboard, she figures to be sent from her outside post in what will be her first two-turn assignment.
A nose shy of being unbeaten in three starts, she broke her maiden two races back, winning by half a length going six furlongs on dirt. A daughter of Mizzen Mast , out of Torreadora, Zero Tolerance is owned by Custom Truck Accessories, Jason Hall, Joe Kelly, and Michael Riordan.
Although she’s winless in three starts, Ego Trip has kept good company while defeating 21 combined runners in England and New York. Second in a field of 13 in her seven-furlong debut on synthetic at Newcastle on March 16, she closed much ground while running a close second in a one-mile maiden special weight at Saratoga Race Course in her North American debut July 24. Skilled by Brendan Walsh and owned by Rebecca Hillen, she was subsequently third when stretched out to 1 1/16 miles within the Lake Placid Stakes (G2T) over a yielding turf course Aug. 21.
With Del Mar’s Nov. 28 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) possible on the minds of many getting into the Autumn Miss, Ego Journey ships in recent from Keeneland for Walsh and will get the providers of Victor Espinoza.
Third, crushed 1 1/4 lengths by Zero Tolerance because the 8-5 favourite within the Unzip Me Stakes Oct. 3, Burgoo Alley can be making her first graded stakes look on Saturday. Burgoo Alley, skilled by Phil D’Amato, broke her maiden in her second stateside begin going six furlongs on turf right here June 20 and took a primary situation allowance two begins again going one mile on grass at Del Mar Aug. 14.
Exhausting hitting Burgoo Alley, who broke a bit slowly after which stumbled barely a number of jumps out of the gate within the Unzip Me, can be ridden for the sixth consecutive time by Umberto Rispoli and charges an enormous probability.
“(Burgoo Alley) needs to go two turns, and she or he’ll get that probability on Saturday,” D’Amato mentioned.
Skilled by Mark Casse, Spanish Loveaffair, who was a troubled fourth, crushed three-quarters of a size by Ego Journey two begins again within the Lake Placid Stakes, comes off the most effective race of her profession—a 2 1/4-length rating going one mile on turf within the ungraded Pebbles Stakes at Belmont Park Sept. 19.
Spanish Loveaffair is owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Companions, Michael Hernon, and Gary Barber. The daughter of Karakontie will be making her Southern California debut in the Autumn Miss.
Kaleem Shah’s Madone, winner of Del Mar’s San Clemente Stakes (G2T) three starts back, is a proven deep closer who’s also effective sitting close to the pace. The Simon Callaghan trainee has posted five wins from nine tries on turf and is the leading money earner in the field with $367,800.
The Vancouver filly was most recently fifth going 1 3/8 miles on turf in the ungraded Jockey Club Oaks Invitational at Belmont Park Sept. 18, the place she bobbled in the beginning and drained late.
Entries: Autumn Miss S. (G3T)
Santa Anita Park, Saturday, October 30, 2021, Race 8
- Grade IIIT
- 1m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo Fillies
- 4:08 PM (native)
