Tap Trio Set for De-‘Mo’-Iselle

Trainer Todd Pletcher has three chances to win a record-tying fifth GII Demoiselle S. Saturday, all with daughters of the Pletcher-trained champion juvenile Uncle Mo, who in turn has smashed the earnings record for a North American freshman sire this year. Leading the Pletcher attack is Thrilled, who makes her dirt debut. Second in both Saratoga’s P.G. Johnson S. and Belmont’s GIII Miss Grillo S. in September, the bay was most recently 11th in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Oct. 30. Lost Raven, meanwhile, who carries the same blue and orange Repole silks as her sire, will look to stay unbeaten while stretching out. She earned her diploma in a $50,000 seller at Belmont Oct. 4, and came through at odds-on in Laurel’s Smart Halo S. Nov. 14. Mo d’Amour goes out for Ed Stanco’s King of Prussia Stable. She got the job done at 45-100 when unveiled going six local panels Nov. 15. Javier Castellano climbs aboard Mo d’Amour with John Velazquez opting to stay with Thrilled.

Alpha Delta Stables homebred Lewis Bay (Bernardini) gets the 8-5 morning line nod from Eric Donovan. Second after attending a hot pace over six panels of Belmont slop Sept. 13, she aired by six lengths good-looking lengths over an additional furlong Oct. 18.

Flora Dora (First Dude) showed speed before settling for sixth behind Big World (Custom for Carlos) and subsequent 16-length graduate and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Inheritance (Tapit) in a stacked Saratoga special weight Sept. 6. She earned her diploma at the right time while getting two turns and Lasix in Gulfstream’s $500,000 Florida Sire My Dear Girl S. Oct. 3, and stretched Big World to 3/4 of a length after trying to close behind a slow pace in this venue’s GIII Tempted S. Nov. 4.