2022 Davona Dale Field & Odds at Gulfstream Park

Kathleen O. (Winngate Stables LLC) will look to run her undefeated record to 3-and-0 in Saturday's $200,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Like Emmanuel in Saturday's $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) headliner, the daughter of Upstart is set to make her graded-stakes debut in the mile stakes for 3-year-old fillies off just two prior starts.

The 35th running of the Davona Dale will be included in a mega promotion between Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita, which will host 15 stakes (14 graded stakes) between them on Saturday. The Coast to Coast All Dirt Stakes Pick 5 and Coast to Coast All Turf Stakes Pick 5, multi-race wagers with a $1 minimum and a low 12-percent takeout, will be on the cross-track wagering menu.

Kathleen O. has exceeded the already high expectations of her Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey while winning her first two starts in the face of adversity.

"You never know they're going to be this kind. She had trained good. I was hoping she would run good in her first start, but the way she won her first start...," McGaughey said. "I'm not one to run one back in a stake, but there wasn't anything else to run in. She was spectacular."

In her Nov. 12 debut over a muddy Aqueduct track, Kathleen O. surged late while rallying five-wide to win a seven-furlong maiden special weight race in which the fillies that finished second and third both came back to win their next starts. The ever-patient McGaughey reluctantly opted to run the Kentucky-bred filly in a stakes for her second start, but she eased her trainer's concerns with an eye-catching 8 ½-length victory in the mile Cash Run Jan. 1 at Gulfstream Park.

In the Cash Run, Kathleen O. was shut off at the start but still finished full of run under Javier Castellano, who has the return mount Saturday.

Robert and Lawana Low's Classy Edition also enters the Davona Dale with an undefeated record, having won her first three starts in New York-bred company.

"I think it's the right time for her," Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said.

The daughter of Classic Empire has won all her starts, including the Joseph A Gimma and Key Cents Stakes, in going-away fashion.

"She was supposed to run in New York again, but she missed a little bit of time. We brought her down here and she's done well," Pletcher said. "As opposed to shipping her back north, we thought we'd give her a little bit more time here."

Irad Ortiz Jr., who has been aboard for her three impressive victories, has the return call.

Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister's Girl With a Dream will chasing her fourth straight victory in the Davona Dale, while stretching out to a mile for the first time. The Brad Cox-trained daughter of Practical Joke is coming off a front-running victory in the seven-furlong Forward Gal (G3) Feb. 5 at Gulfstream.

Luis Saez has the return call aboard Girl With a Dream.

LNJ Foxwoods's Outfoxed is scheduled to make a return to Gulfstream Park, where she dominated her competition in the 2021 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series with stunningly easy victories in the $200,000 Susan's Girl and the $400,000 My Dear Girl. The daughter of Valiant Minister successfully stepped out of Florida-bred company for her 2022 debut at Tampa Bay Downs in the seven-furlong Gasparilla, in which she rallied from off the pace to win by three-quarters of a length.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott has named Tyler Gaffalione to ride Outfoxed.

Dixiana Farms LLC's Cocktail Moments is scheduled to make her third start in the Davona Dale following a third-place finish around two turns in the Dec. 26 Untapable at Fair Grounds. In her debut, the daughter of Uncle Mo rallied from 10th in her Churchill Downs debut to win by 9 ½ lengths.

"I usually make horses get a little dirt in the faces. She was a little farther back than I thought she would be, but she showed a turn of foot that's amazing. She's a very good filly. She seems to be improving, maybe reminiscent of Crazy Beautiful last year," said McPeek, who saddled Crazy Beautiful for a victory in the 2021 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2).

Corey Lanerie, who was aboard for Cocktail Moment's debut, returns to the saddle Saturday.

J. and J. Stable and Nicholas Vaccarezza's Sweet Dani Girl, a stakes winner at 2, is slated to make her 3-year-old debut in the Davona Dale. The Carlo Vaccarezza-trained daughter of Jess's Dream won her first two start in Kentucky, including the six-furlong Myrtlewood at Keeneland. The homebred filly most recently finished third in the Nov. 27 Fern Creek at Churchill.

Jose Ortiz is scheduled to ride Sweet Dani Girl for the first time in the Davona Dale.

Hernandez Racing Club and De La Cerda Racing Stable's Mi Negrita, who finished second behind Kathleen O. in the Cash Run, is also entered in the Davona Dale.

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