Can And Tell Me Nolies Turn The Tables On Faiza?

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The track press release:

             Heavily favored and unbeaten in all four of her starts, Bob Baffert’s Faiza heads a field of nine sophomore fillies going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday’s Grade II, $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks on Saturday.  One of six stakes on a 12-race Runhappy Santa Anita Derby Day program, the Oaks will be contested for the 84 time on Saturday.

                With 200 qualifying points at stake to the Grade I Kentucky Oaks May 5 at Churchill Downs, the winner will receive 100 points with 40, 30, 20 and 10 points awarded to the remaining top five finishers, with Faiza the lone exception as Baffert trainees are not currently eligible to run at Churchill.

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                A gutty half length winner of the Grade III Las Virgenes Stakes going one mile here on Jan. 28, Faiza made short work of four rivals going a mile and one sixteenth in the Grade III Santa Ysabel March 5, pressing the early pace and drawing off to win the 2 ¼ lengths while earning an 81 Beyer Speed Figure.

                Owned by Michael Lund Petersen, Faiza, who is by Girvin out of the Smart Strike mare Sweet Pistol, was sold for $725,000 at a 2-year-old in training sale one year ago and has amassed earnings of $402,000.  She’ll be ridden back by Flavien Prat.

                Second to Faiza in the Santa Ysabel, Peter Miller’s And Tell Me Nolies finished eighth, beaten seven lengths two starts back in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keenland Nov. 4 and figures to be the second choice in the Oaks wagering Saturday.

                Prior to shipping to Kentucky, And Tell Me Nolies had won Santa Anita’s Grade II Chandelier by three quarters of a length on Oct. 8, and in her third career start, she rallied to win the Grade I Del Mar Debutante Sept. 10.   

                 Owned by Peter Redekop, B.C Ltd, And Tell Me Nolies is by Arrogate out of the Exchange Rate mare Be Fair.  Off at 8-1 in the Chandelier and 9-1 in the Del Mar Debutante, And Tell Me Nolies has never been favored in any of her six previous starts.  With three wins and a second, she has earnings of $392,800.