Weekend Lineup: Trio Of Eclipse Award Winners Back In Action Sponsored by:
Geroux flashes a smile at the wire of the Breeders Cup Distaff with Monomoy Girl
Three Eclipse Award winners will be in action this weekend with reigning juvenile male champion Essential Quality – the top-ranked horse on the NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll – headlining the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park, champion 2-year-old filly Vequist making her seasonal bow in the Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and champion older dirt female Monomoy Girl getting her 6-year-old campaign started in Sunday s Grade 3 Bayakoa Stakes at Oaklawn. In addition, Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf winner Fire At Will is set to be part of the field of 10 in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, which will anchor Saturday s 14-race program with nine stakes at Gulfstream Park.