By Joe Bianca
Contention runs deep in the Grade II Honeymoon S., as evidenced by the morning line favorite being set at 7-2 and no runner pegged higher than 12-1 in the 10-horse, Grade II Honeymoon S.
Stays in Vegas (City Zip) owns the top resume in the field, having won five of seven career starts and running second in the GI Starlet S. in another. The chestnut filly runs well on multiple surfaces, but is three-for-three over turf and captured her first graded stakes score going a mile on this course May 7 in the GIII Senorita S., out-gaming one of today's rivals, Be Mine (Twirling Candy). That was the only blemish in three starts for Be Mine, who goes out for leading trainer Phil D'Amato and second leading rider Flavien Prat. She'll be traveling beyond a mile for the first time in this nine-furlong test.
Big Chief Racing and Head of Plains Partners send out Decked Out (Street Boss), who impressively annexed the GIII Providencia S. over a yielding course and distance. She was up against it from a pace perspective and had to make an early move when finishing a close fourth in the Senorita. Where's the D (Blame) stretches out for Reddam Racing and Doug O'Neill after taking an optional claimer going down the hill May 13 in her first start in over seven months. Truline Racing's Gone to Bali (Gone Astray) figures to be the controlling speed coming off of a wire-to-wire five-length score against lesser Apr. 29 at Golden Gate.
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