Ocean Membership Eyes Clean Crusing in Noble Damsel

Glen Hill Farm’s Ocean Membership  has encountered tough seas in 4 of her six begins this 12 months, and with clean crusing, the Curlin   filly may anchor down her first graded victory within the Sept. 21 $175,000 Noble Damsel Stakes (G3T) on the Belmont on the Massive A fall assembly.

The Jack Sisterson trainee has both been too eager on the entrance, performed bumper automobiles down the lane, or discovered herself too far again after a troubled begin in every of these 4 outings. A two-time stakes winner at Gulfstream Park, Ocean Membership, usually a forwardly positioned runner, was pinched at the beginning of the Aug. 31 Girls Turf Dash Stakes (G2T), leading to her trailing the sphere by way of the primary quarter-mile. Rallying boldly up the lengthy Kentucky Downs stretch, she managed to stand up for third behind Ag Bullet , who lowered the monitor mark for six 1/2 furlongs to 1:14.19.

Eight different older fillies and mares will look to spoil Ocean Membership’s graded coming-out social gathering with a celebration of their very own. Heading the challengers are Argentine import Edict  and the Chad Brown-trained trio of Alluring Angel , Saffron Moon , and Midnight Mile .

“She has acclimated nicely. She is a really sensible, clever filly,” stated Donk. “It has been a superb studying curve for her. She has breezed fairly nicely. Johnny (Velazquez) breezed her as soon as at Saratoga from the gate and was fairly pleased along with her.”