She was placed third in the 2011 Raven Run on Keeneland Polytrack after finishing fourth in tight late. Mizdirection, who took the April 13 Las Cienegas Handicap down her beloved hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park, has only shipped from California to run elsewhere once before. Can she handle a Belmont surface and will it be wet? She's been running on fast grass out in California." "The question is going to be, can she straight-up go on that kind of grass? It's thicker, heavier grass that's probably going to have some give in it. "Her resume is deeper than any of them, she's made the most money, she's on a win streak, she beat boys on a five-month layoff in the Breeders' Cup. "The big unknown equation with her is not her quality her quality is unquestionable," Puype said at Belmont four days before the race. She has chalked up four straight graded scores launched by that Breeders' Cup effort against the boys - when she came off a five-month layup last November to get the job done.īelmont is a new track for the daughter of Mizzen Mast, and with rain in the forecast for June 7 and 8, there are questions about the surface she has traveled to traverse. But Mizdirection, a 5-year-old charcoal gray with earnings of $1,154,621, has been something special with nine wins and three seconds from 12 turf starts. Call Mike Puype confident, but not quite cocky.īringing 2012 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection to Belmont Park for the $500,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes June 8, the California horseman has no doubt she's best of the bunch - and that's saying something.įive Grade 1 and two Grade 2 winners make up a field of seven fillies and mares for the one-mile turf event, including Centre Court, Stephanie's Kitten, and Hungry Island.
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