$200,000 Grade III Modesty Attracts Full Field

$200,000 Grade III Modesty Attracts Full Field

Category : News - Fri 11/07/2014 - 12:51 EDT

The Grade III $200,000 Modesty Handicap is part of Million Preview Day July 12 in Chicago which features four graded stakes races on the turf.

The Modesty, run at a mile and three sixteenths on the grass is the local prep race for the Grade I Beverly D. August 16 on Million Day.  The race draws a full field of 14 fillies and mares with the Christophe Clement trained Tabreed a lukewarm 7/2 favorite on the morning line despite not having run since November.  In Tabreed’s last start, she finished second in the Grade III Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct going a mile and a half. 

White Rose too sharp to ignore for Mott 

For those not inclined to take a short price on a horse coming back from an eight month layoff, there are plenty of viable betting choices.  The Thomas Proctor trained Gulsary is the 4/1 second choice despite showing an aversion to the winner’s circle with just two wins in sixteen lifetime starts on the grass.  An interesting alternative at 9/2 is White Rose, a Bill Mott trainee, breaking from the far outside under rider Julien Leparoux after an impressive allowance score at Churchill Downs in June where she earned a 92 Beyer.  

Angles abound on I'm Already Sexy 

I’m Already Sexy (8/1 ML) has a live look for bettors searching for a contender outside the top three choices.  In addition to her affinity for the Arlington turf (3 for 3 lifetime), I’m Already Sexy adds Lasix for the first time – a move that could allow her to carry her speed further as she makes the third start of her form cycle which often produces any runner’s top effort.  I’m Already Sexy won The Pucker Up at Arlington last year going a mile and an eighth.   

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