Juddmonte Farms homebred Riposte (GB) (Dansili {GB}) hopes to return to the sharp form she displayed last term and score her first win of the season in Saturday's GIII Modesty H. at Arlington Park. Finishing off 2014 with victories in Belmont's GII Sheepshead Bay S. May 2 and GII New York S. June 5, the Bill Mott pupil kicked off this season with a runner-up effort in Gulfstream's The Very One S. Feb. 21. Fifth in that venue's GIII Orchid S. Mar. 28, the bay was fourth in this year's Sheepshead Bay May 2 and seventh in the New York last time June 5.
Neil Drysdale saddles Haras Phillipson homebred Gaga A (Uru) (T.H. Approval) in her second U.S. start. The gray won four times in France for previous trainer David Smaga, including a victory in Toulouse's G3 Prix Fille de l'Air in her final European outing Nov. 11. Drysdale took his time getting the 6-year-old ready for her first American start and that patience paid off when she won Santa Anita's Possibly Perfect H. June 7.
Winner of her first three outings, including Belmont's Wild Applause S. last summer, Highland Yard's Walk Close (Tapit) finished fourth in her seasonal bow in Santa Anita's GIII Santa Barbara H. Apr. 18. The Christophe Clement pupil scored a career high Beyer Speed Figure of 88 last time when third by just a half-length in Churchill's Keertana S. May 16.
Pin Oak Stud homebred Overheard (Macho Uno) has been ultra consistent throughout her career, hitting the board in 15 of 16 starts. Winner of the 2013 GIII Valley View S. and last year's GII Dance Smartly S., the Malcolm Pierce trainee was third by just a neck to subsequent GI Matriarch S. winner La Tia (City Place) in Belmont's GIII Athenia S. Oct. 12. Fourth in a grassy Keeneland allowance Apr. 9, the bay was third by just a length last time in Woodbine's GII Nassau S. May 23.
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