I'm going to be "singling" in on Striking Dancer in the 10th. She was lightly raced at 2, but had a couple of excellent turf attempts. Came back with a strong race at Gulfstream in her first start as a 3 year old, then went on the shelf for 5 plus months. Came back with a poor performance at Saratoga, where she found herself on the lead, not her usual running style. It took McPeek another 2 months to get her back to the races, where she ran a sneaky good 3rd on the synthetic. Now returning 15 days later, I'm hoping she's over whatever had been ailing her, and ready to run a BIG race.
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