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Trainer Mark Casse said: "I see a similar scenario where she will give her best effort in the Ashland. I expect her to win.”

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Gary Barber’s Grade 1-placed Make Mischief will make her first outing over the grass in Friday’s $125,000 John Hettinger, a nine-furlong inner turf test for New York-bred fillies and mares at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.

Race is one of many on the card for New York-bred horses.

Jockey Jose Ortiz won a trio of races on Friday’s New York Showcase Day at Saratoga Race Course, an 11-race card devoted to horses bred in the Empire State boasting six stakes worth a combined $1.25 million.

Bo Hirsch’s homebred Ce Ce made an emphatic title defense in Saturday’s $300,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2) at Gulfstream Park while earning another fees-paid berth in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in the fall at Keeneland.

A trio of fascinating match-ups are on tap this holiday weekend, all occurring on Saturday, July 2 at Churchill and Belmont Park.

Ce Ce will follow a formula for proven success when she defends her title in Saturday’s Princess Rooney Invitational (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Ce Ce, winner of the 2021 Princess Rooney Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Florida, leads the list of invitees to this year's running.

“I got a lot of people rooting for me and it feels great that I’m in my hometown riding in the biggest race on this track,” Davis said.