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On paper, the Grade 2 Eight Belles Stakes at Churchill Downs appeared to go through the undefeated Munnys Gold, but Red Carpet Ready got the better of the heavy favorite on Friday at the conclusion of an extended stretch duel to earn her second career graded stakes win.
WellSpring Stables’ Grade 1 winner Leave No Trace, unraced in 17 weeks since her runner-up finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), is set to make her sophomore debut against nine rivals including undefeated Grade 3 winner Red Carpet Ready in the $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) Saturday, March 4 at Gulfstream Park.
Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing’s Red Carpet Ready, unbeaten in her first two starts, stepped up to graded company and kept her perfect record intact with a dominating victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Forward Gal (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
Obviously that was against the best 2-year-old fillies in the country in a big field going two turns and all that, but she tried hard.
While many on the Auburn University campus will slow down over the holiday break, the Harrison College of Pharmacy’s Rusty Arnold is gearing up for a trip to Israel to collaborate with peers in science and technology. Selected for the competitive Faculty Fellowship Program sponsored by the Jewish National Fund, USA, Arnold will travel to Israel from Dec. 26-Jan. 8.