6/23-24 (BEL): Mother Goose (G1); Mike Lee, Bouwerie, Tweedside

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

6th and final start at BEL - Tweedside 5th of 7 in the New York Handicap. She was 4/1. The highweight in the race was the Darrel Vienna trained Janet -- who was shipping in off of a 2nd place finish at Bay Meadows in the Yerba Buena.

Janet was a good racemare. She was highweight because she was a dual Grade 1 winner, knocking off Tranquility Lake in the Ramona and Yellow Ribbon. The loss at Bay Meadows on the surface may have been embarrassing, but the winner of that race was a first-time Euro import for Gary Tanaka and Bobby Frankel named Peu a Peu. In her only other start in the US, which came about a week before the New York Handicap, Peu a Peu nearly ran down the monster turf mare Astra in a Grade 1 at Hollywood.

Curiously, Janet was shipped to NY 3 times in her career, all to no avail. She caught bad weather trying the Sheepshead Bay, which was transfered to the main track (she was a modest 3rd). She got crushed in the Diana at Saratoga in between her Grade 1 wins in CA. She only made a couple of more starts after the New York. Earned a $1 million.