Captain Cowgirl rides the wave into $100,000 Courageous Lady

Captain Cowgirl (Captaintreacherous) will look to expand her three-race win streak in Saturday night’s (Oct. 15) $100,000 Courageous Lady, a by-invitation-only Grand Circuit harness racing event for 3-year-old pacing fillies, at MGM Northfield Park.

Captain Cowgirl, a Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Champion at both 2 and 3, has put together an impressive trio of victories including the $253,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stake Championship on September 25.  The Jim King, Jr. trainee has compiled 12 victories and two runner-up finishes in 19 career starts, good for $569,875 in purses.  Hall of Fame driver Tim Tetrick will be in the sulky behind the 2-1 morning-line favorite.

Lookatmyrapsheet (Bettor’s Delight) checks in as the 7-2 second choice.  She has won five races and finished in the top-three in 12 of 14 starts this year.  Her most recent score came earlier this month at The Red Mile, winning in 1:51.1.  Trainer Per Engblom ships his filly in from Kentucky and has listed Ronnie Wrenn Jr. to pilot from post four.

Two Ohio-sired fillies have been invited to this year’s event.  Cape Cod Hanover (Downbytheseaside), winner of the $103,714 Ohio Breeders Championship last month, is the 4-1 third favorite from post three.  She is trained by harness racing’s leading trainer Ron Burke and has won 10 of 22 starts with earnings of $460,754.  Burke has listed Chris Page to drive.  The Burke/Page connection won the Little Brown Jug last month with Bythemissal, another Buckeye-bred by Downbytheseaside.

Bittrsweetsymphony (Well Said) is the other Ohio filly in the race and is a 15-1 long shot.  She starts from post five for local trainer Crist Hershberger.  She has a 1:50.4 mark at the Delaware County Fair last month and has posted 12 wins and seven third-place finishes in 22 starts this year.  Bittrsweetsymphony enters this race with $211,877 in earnings and Tyler Smith is slated to drive.

The complete field is as follows:

HN      HORSE                                                            DRIVER                                 TRAINER                  M/L

1          Galleria Hanover (Always B Miki)               Ronnie Wrenn Jr.                    Ron Burke                   6-1

2          Valar Dohaeris (Hunstville)                         Mark MacDonald                   Ake Svanstedt            8-1

3          Cape Cod Hanover (Downbytheseaside)   Chris Page                               Ron Burke                   4-1

4          Lookatmyrapsheet (Bettor’s Delight)         Ronnie Wrenn Jr                     Per Engblom               7-2

5          Bittrsweetsymphony (Well Said)                 Tyler Smith                             Crist Hershberger        15-1

6          Give Me This Dance (Wind Me Up)            Aaron Merriman                     Justin Anfinson           20-1

7          Gotthegreenlight (American Ideal)            Dexter Dunn                           R. Nifty Norman         12-1

8          Sweet Treasure (Sweet Lou)                        Andrew McCarthy                  Nancy Takter              10-1

9          Captain Cowgirl (Captaintreacherous)       Tim Tetrick                             Jim King Jr.                 2-1

*Final driver selections at due by 9PM on Tuesday (10/11).

This year’s Courageous Lady is the 13th race on a 15-race program.  A $20,000 guaranteed 20¢ Super High Five is offered on the evening’s featured event as well as a $10,000 guarantee to the evening’s late Pick-4 beginning in Race 11.

The undercard consists of eight $40,000 Ohio Fair Championships and the annual Pace for the Cure lady driving race.

First race post time is 6 PM. Admission and parking are always free at MGM Northfield Park.

For complete race entries, click here.

From MGM Northfield Park