Shes A Great Lady elim winners

Distaff pacing talent was much in evidence at Mohawk this evening, as two favourites and two surprises took the four eliminations for the Shes A Great Lady stakes.

Higher And Higher made her first pari-mutuel start a winning one when she triumphed in 1:53.2 in the first of the four $35,000 eliminations, leaving 4-5 favourite Western Silk a well-beaten fourth.

A and Gs Princess and Andy Miller took command off the wings and led the eight-filly field through early fractions of :27.2, :56.3, and 1:25.1, with Real Surprising and Peter Wrenn helmet-sitting and Western Silk and Mark MacDonald waiting impatiently in third. Western Silk made
her move in the stretch, but only got as far as second when Jack Moiseyev engineered the ambush with Higher And Higher, who paced easily past from fourth to a two-length win.

A and Gs Princess hung in for second and Mike Saftic urged Seriously to the show spot. Higher And Higher, who had four qualifiers under her belt, is owned by the Bulletproof Enterprises of Boca Raton, Florida and is conditioned by Paul Reid. She is sired by Western Terror, out of the Cambest mare, Pro Bowl Best.

"You hate to go in off just a couple qualifiers up against stake fillies like that, but last time I qualified her she was pretty impressive," said Moiseyev. "I wasn't really surprised with the
way she kicked home in the stretch after the way she qualified. I thought if she got a trip like that she'd kick home, and she did."

4-5 favourite, Put On A Show, with Jody Jamieson in the bike, improved her record to a perfect four-for-four in the second of the four eliminations, cruising past Steve Condren and Panagler to win in 1:52.3 with a crushing :26.2 final panel.

Peter Wrenn sent 30-1 shot, Flip Flop Summer, to the early lead, but the flashy gray Panagler popped the pocket by the first quarter marker and took command. She led the field through the middle fractions with Put On A Show cruising comfortably in fourth. By mid-stretch Put On A
Show had struck the front and dispensed with Panagler, pacing on to a one-and-three-quarter-length victory. Panagler settled for second with Flip Flop Summer holding steady for third.

Put On A Show, a two-year-old daughter of Rocknroll Hanover, is trained by Chris Ryder for Richard Young and Craig Henderson. She improved her earnings to just shy of $100,000 with tonight's effort.

She's a killer in the last quarter," commented Jamieson. A $15,000 yearling purchase at last fall's Lexington Select sale, she is currently unbeaten in five career starts, and has earned almost
$140,000.

The $700,000 (est.) final of the Shes A Great Lady stakes is scheduled for next Saturday night, September 5, at Mohawk.  (WEG)

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