Andrew N. Warren’s Someday Is Today heads a group of five horses from the Distaff slated to face the starter in the My Sister Pearl. The Anthony Farrior trainee, third in this event a year ago, recorded her eighth win from 19 career outings in the Distaff, won her first stake, and pushed her lifetime bankroll past $200,000.

In the Distaff, Someday Is Today, with Arnaldo Bocachica up, was never far back before launching her bid on the final turn and kicking away to win by 6 ½ lengths in 1:56.29 for nine furlongs over a sloppy, sealed main track. It was her second career 1 1/8-mile outing; the prior one had come in last year’s My Sister Pearl, in which she led most of the way before settling for third, two lengths behind the winner. She previously had been first and second in a pair of three-turn, 1 1/16-mile allowance contests.

Navy Sword was the winner of last year’s My Sister Pearl with Seneca Rocks the runner-up. Seneca Rocks was the beaten favorite last out in the Distaff, when she found herself unexpectedly in last in the early going before mounting a mild rally late for the show spot, six behind the winner. It was her second consecutive somewhat off-color race after a good streak of outings that included a second-place finish in the Sadie Hawkins Stakes August 25.

Trainer by Javier Contreras for O’Sullivan Farms LLC, Seneca Rocks was six wins and nearly $200,000 I n earnings from 19 career outings. That resume includes a stakes win, in the 2022 WV Department of Tourism Breeders Classic. Antonio Lopez will ride, his first time aboard the four-year-old Summer Front filly.

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Distaff runner-up No Denying Denis (6-1) is also here. The Ronald Sigler trainee ran a bit of an uneven race that night, seeming at key moments to lose focus before regrouping. But she ran on nicely late for second in the first stakes try of her career.  Ronald Sigler trains the Denis of Cork filly for Caseys Legacy LLC, and he will give a leg up to rider Denis Araujo.

No Denying Denis has won three of 17 career outings.

None of the four horses to run back from the Distaff has hit the board in their follow-ups, so it may be worth a look at some other contenders.

The top two finishers from last month’s WV Department of Tourism Breeders Classic are also entered here. That seven-furlong race for three-year-old fillies has already produced a next-out winner in Maggie’s Girl, who dominated an allowance race in which the first four finishers came from the Dept. of Tourism.

Jubaslilballerina (6-1) took over midway on the turn in the Dept. of Tourism and went on to win by 2 ½ lengths for her third win in four starts. Another runner trained by Ron Sigler for Caseys Legacy, she’ll have Gustavo Larrosa up. Runner-up Lucky Blonde returned to be third, behind Maggie’s Girl, in her follow-up and owns a prior stakes win in August’s Sadie Hawkins. Christian Hiraldo will ride for Tim Grams.

Also in the field are Moonlit Shadow (9-2), who was fifth in the WV Cavada Breeders Classic and will have Larry Reynolds up for Tim Grams; Reveirs Minute (20-1), who needs a bounceback after two disappointing outings and will have Reshawn Latchman up for Jacob Hess; and the multiple stakes-placed Azzurra, who makes her first start for new trainer Donald Barber and will have Anthony Mawing up.