Espresso Shot seeks another class-building effort in $100K Dancin Renee

Espresso Shot seeks a fifth stakes triumph in Saturday’s eighth running of the $100,000 Dancin Renee for older New York-bred fillies and mares going six furlongs over the Belmont Park main track.

Espresso Shot, owned by NY Final Furlong Racing Stable, Maspeth Stables and Parkland Thoroughbreds, registered victories in the East View and Busher in early 2019 at Aqueduct before a 10-race slump. But the Mission Impazible mare restored her winning ways, getting her picture taken in two of her last four starts. The 5-year-old took the NYSSS Staten Island on November 22 at Aqueduct and two starts later stretched out to a one-turn mile in the Biogio’s Rose for trainer Jorge Abreu. She won both starts by two lengths.

Espresso Shot arrives off under two week’s rest when a distant sixth in the Critical Eye on May 31 over a muddy and sealed Belmont track.

“She came out of her last race in good shape,” said Dan Zanatta, who manages NY Final Furlong Racing Stable with Vince Roth. “We thought she was going into her last race on a career best form and we were fully expecting her best race. I think she did not handle the slop. We saw this race come up, looked at the competition and decided to supplement into this spot.”

Espresso Shot, bred by Twin Creeks Farm and out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Glory Gold, made her lone start going six furlongs during her juvenile season when second in the Key Cents at Aqueduct.