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Mei Ling has chance to step up in duPont Distaff
- Updated: May 18, 2016
12:33 PM ET
BALTIMORE — Last year, Stopchargingmaria posted her first graded stakes victory of the season in the Grade 3 Allaire duPont Distaff at Pimlico, kick-starting a campaign that would eventually lead her to the winner’s circle following the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
None of the 10 entrants lining up for this year’s edition of the $150,000 duPont Distaff brings in Stopchargingmaria’s credentials; she was already a multiple Grade 1 winner. But the lineup for this 1-1/8-mile race for fillies and mares is an evenly matched group that could go on to bigger and better.
The morning-line favorite is Mei Ling, who will look to give trainer Todd Pletcher his second consecutive victory in this race. Mei Ling won the Heavenly Prize Stakes in March at Aqueduct by 3-1/4 lengths before finishing second by a half-length in the Grade 3 Top Flight Handicap last month.
“She’s just a real steady, solid show-up-every-time-and-give-you-a-big-effort kind of filly,” Pletcher said. “She’s in good form, and her kind of forward running style should suit Pimlico well.”
Mei Ling wins the March 6 Heavenly Prize Stakes at Aqueduct. NYRA/Adam Coglianese
Mei Ling, who …
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