An interesting maiden special weight race at Keeneland on April 12 had two Ontario-bred three-year-old fillies in the field, including one who had attracted plenty of buzz.
The 1 1/16 mile turf race, the third race of the day, had a field of 12 with highly-regarded HIBISCUS drawing post one for LNJ Foxwoods and trainer Josie Carroll. An Ontario-bred by Constitution, Hibiscus was bet down to 3-to-1 second-favourite with Manny Franco on board.
In post 5 was Roger Attfield’s homebred DOUBLE VELOCITY, a daughter of Accelerate (Lookin at Lucky), the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner of 2016 from Attfield’s own mare Double Guns Girl, a half-sister to champion Breaking Lucky.