Courageous Lady set for Saturday at Northfield

The 2017 $120,000 Courageous Lady Field:

#1 BOURBON AND BARLEYis trained on the Northfield Park backstretch by Kent Sherman. The Charley Barley filly is all-Buckeye and finished second in the Ohio Sires Stakes Final for Independence, Ohio owner Kenneth Kohut. This 8-1 morning-line contender will be driven by Ryan Stahl, who won the 2012 edition of the Courageous Lady. Bourbon And Barley has only one win in 20 career starts, but has amassed earnings of $205,605. She has a 1:55.4 record paced in July of this year over the Flying Turns in a qualifier.

#2 AL-MAR-GOT A FEVER also has owners hailing from the Buckeye State. She is trained in southern Ohio by Steve Carter for the partnership of Grubbs, Kresheck, Whitacre and Rbr Racing. She has finished in the top three in 14 of 17 career starts, earning $148,001 and a 1:52 lifetime mark at Hoosier Park. She enters this event off two consecutive victories and is undefeated since being introduced to the breathing medication Lasix. Chris Page has been named to drive this 9-2 third-favorite.

#3 ELLA CHRISTINA is trained by Nick Surick for the owning partnership of Surrick, Benson, Daggett and Vukovic. The 3-1 second-choice enters this race off a 1:50.2 lifetime mark at Lexington's The Red Mile, where she lost by a neck in the $88,250 Bluegrass two starts back. This daughter of Western Ideal has won six of 15 races this year and boasts lifetime earnings of $164,638. Famed driver Tim Tetrick travels to Cleveland for the driving assignment.

#4 BIG CITY BETTY has five wins to her credit. She is trained by Steve Salerno, who co-owns this filly with Bruce Potter. The daughter of Bettor's Delight has earnings of $124,437 and a 1:53.4 mark taken last year at Pocono Downs. Big City Betty carries a 12-1 morning line and attracts Northfield Park leading driver Aaron Merriman. Merriman is the 2015 and 2016 National Dash Driving champion and is poised to three-peat that title this year.

#5 TERRORTINA is owned by Robert Key and trained by Norm Parker. She has five career victories, winning her most recent effort in a career best 1:53 at The Meadows. The daughter of Western Terror has bankrolled $131,904. She is one of two fillies in this Courageous Lady field that competed in the second heat of this year's Jugette at the historic Delaware County Fairgrounds last month. Pennsylvanian Tony Hall has been given the driving assignment aboard this 6-1 morning-line contender.

#6 BETTOR'S UP is one of two Bettor's Delight fillies in this year's Courageous Lady. The Scott McEneny trainee has been named the 5-2 morning-line favorite by Northfield Park Executive Vice President of Racing and Simulcasting Dave Bianconi. She has 11 wins in 24 career efforts and is hoping to extend her three-race win streak. She has a 1:49.4 mark at Mohawk's 7/8-mile track and has earned $552,129 for Canadian owners Bradley Grant, Teresa Davidson and Michelle McEneny. Brett Miller has been named to drive.