By Joe Bianca
Fans at Monmouth Park for Saturday's GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational will be treated to a look at a multiple Grade I winner on the undercard, as Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing's Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) towers over seven rivals in the GIII Molly Pitcher S.
Never out of the trifecta in 15 outings, the dark bay captured the GI Santa Anita Oaks before running third in last spring's GI Kentucky Oaks. Romping in the GII Mother Goose S., she rebounded from a dull third in the GI Alabama S. to best champion Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) via disqualification in the GI Cotillion S. She is undefeated in four starts as a 4-year-old, following up victories in the GIII Houston Ladies Classic S. and GII Azeri S. with back-to-back Grade I triumphs in the Apple Blossom H. and Ogden Phipps S. last out June 8.
Fifth behind her that day was Pacific Wind (Curlin), who looks for her first score since last May's GII Ruffian S. at Belmont. She was off the board in her next two before finishing third in the GI Juddmonte Spinster S. and GIII Go For Wand H. to close her 4-year-old account. A distant runner-up while defending her Ruffian title, she was unable to make any impact when trailing throughout in the Phipps.
Stonestreet Stables' lightly raced Electric Forest (Curlin) looks to take a step forward for Chad Brown. A good-looking debut winner last April at Keeneland, the homebred was sixth in a Churchill optional claimer and shelved for the next six-plus months before returning with an allowance tally Nov. 17 at Aqueduct. Runner-up in the GIII Rampart S. Dec. 15 at Gulfstream, she picked up her first stakes tally in the GIII Hilliard Lyons-Baird Doubledogdare S. last out Apr. 19 at Keeneland.
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