Six Speedy Fillies for the Week of Sept. 21-27

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Not surprisingly, the Beldame provided the two fastest females of the week based on Beyer Speed Figures.6. GALLANT GRETA, RP, 9/27-7th, Ricks Memorial Stakes, 1 1/16 miles (turf)Beyer Speed Figure- 88 (VIDEO)(m, 5, by Twirling Candy–Tulipmania, by Empire Maker)O-Jordan Wycoff. B-Gallagher's Stud (NY). T-Mike Maker. J-John Velazquez.Racing outside New York or Florida for the first time, Gallant Greta returned from a seven-month layoff to claim her first stakes victory and keep Jordan Wycoff undefeated at Remington Park. Wycoff has managed the Three Diamonds Farm stable for parents Kirk and Debra but is now 7-for-7 at Remington when racing in his own name; he also won six stakes there in 2016-2018 with Oklahoma-bred Gianna's Dream, who had been claimed for $25,000 by Maker and became his first stakes winner.5. VALTELLINA, BEL, 9/25-4th, allowance, 1 mileBeyer Speed Figure- 90 (VIDEO)f, 4, by Complexity–Take Charge Sue, by Take Charge Indy)O-Pavilion Racing. B-Thorostock (NY). T-Raymond Handal. J-Dylan Davis.Valtellina scored her first open-company win with a career-high Beyer. She and Gallant Greta (above) are both NY-breds with a shared pedigree thread: Valtellina's maternal grandsire Take Charge Indy is out of multiple Grade I winner Take Charge Lady and Gallant Greta's dam Tulipmania is out of a half-sister to Take Charge Lady.Super Corredora | Benoit4. SUPER CORREDORA, 9/27-8th, GII Zenyatta Stakes, 1 1/16 milesBeyer Speed Figure- 90 (VIDEO)(f, 3, by Gun Runner–Super Simple, by Super Saver)O-Spartan Equine Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds, Robert Gardiner and Michael Olszewski. B-Woodford Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-John Sadler. J-Joel Rosario.After what Sadler described as a “screwed-up winter,” last year's 2-year-old filly champ emerged from a 6 1/2-month break with a return to form–but not without a tense pre-race moment. In her most recent start, she threw her head at the break in the GIII Santa Ysabel and wound up well behind the others. In the Zenyatta, she again tossed her head and reared at a potentially untimely stage, but Rosario was ready for her antics. “That had me concerned for a moment,” Sadler said. The Zenyatta is a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, but no firm decision has been made as to Super Corredora's next start.3. AMORITA, SA, 9/26-5th, GII Eddie D. Stakes, 6 1/2 furlongs (turf)Beyer Speed Figure- 91 (3rd) (VIDEO)(f, 4, by Liam's Map–Cara Bella, by Ghostzapper)O-Augustin Stables or Stone Farm. B-Stone Farm (Ky). T-Richard Mandella. J-Kazushi Kimura.Out of an unraced half-sister to Preakness winner Red Bullet, Amorita was already a turf-sprinting stakes winner this year and Mandella gave her a chance against males Saturday down the hill at Santa Anita. And she held up well, leading to midstretch and finishing a solid third while missing second by only a neck. She previously had been second twice in graded stakes down the hill against females.2. DONOR ADVISED, BEL, 9/25-2nd, GII Beldame Stakes, 1 1/8 milesBeyer Speed Figure- 99 (2nd) (VIDEO)(f, 4, by Gun Runner–Toy Moon, by Malibu Moon)O-Klaravich Stables. B-Chancey Mill Farm (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Manny Franco.Owner Seth Klarman got a valuable graded placing for his Gun Runner filly in her stakes debut, and meanwhile is making plans to confront Nitrogen (below) at the Breeders' Cup with his more accomplished GI Personal Ensign winner Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law). That 4-year-old will get her Distaff prep against another Mark Casse-trained star, 3-year-old Counting Stars (Honor A.P.), in Sunday's GI Spinster Stakes at Keeneland.1. NITROGEN, BEL, 9/25-2nd, GII Beldame Stakes, 1 1/8 milesBeyer Speed Figure- 103 (VIDEO)(f, 4, by Medaglia d'Oro–Tiffany Case, by Uncle Mo)O/B-D. J. Stable (Ky). T-Mark Casse. J-Jose Ortiz.In the words of Casse, Nitrogen's final tuneup for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff was “perfect…what we were hoping for.” The 1-20 favorite set an uncontested pace and cruised home 2 3/4 lengths in front of improving Donor Advised (above), who made her work just enough to get something out of the race, in the estimation of Casse. “I wanted her to do a little something today, so it was good,” he said. Nitrogen had most recently earned a 105 Beyer in her runner-up effort vs. males in the GI Whitney and a stratospheric 113 in her tour de force in the GI Ogden Phipps.The post Six Speedy Fillies for the Week of Sept. 21-27 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.