Goldsmith Maid winner Pizzelle headlines Friday’s Currier & Ives fillies at The Meadows

Pizzelle, winner of last year’s $428,000 Goldsmith Maid for freshman filly trotters, headlines the field for Friday’s (June 7) $52,355 Currier & Ives filly division at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

First post is 5:10 p.m., with the Currier & Ives going as race six. The Currier & Ives Open division is set for Saturday (June 15).

Pizzelle banked $315,850 at 2 with a mark of 1:53.2, but trainer Chris Beaver still isn’t sure what exactly he has.

“She’s probably the most talented horse I’ve laid hands on,” Beaver said of the daughter of Walner-Biscotti. “She’s not necessarily the fastest, but with her natural ability, she’s like a different breed.

“One problem I had with her last year — as talented as she is, she couldn’t take hard trips. After she got roughed up, I had to turn her out for a couple weeks to get her attitude back. She’s more interested in her work this year, but we don’t know what she can do yet. She hasn’t been tested against really good 3-year-olds, but as far as I can tell, everything is there.”

A $65,000 yearling acquisition for Beaver and Donald Robinson, Pizzelle is eligible to all the big stakes, including the Hambletonian Oaks. Still, Beaver is trying to pick his spots for her. For example, although she’s dually eligible in New Jersey and Kentucky, Beaver skipped the New Jersey Sires Stake series so he wouldn’t overwork or over-ship her early in the season.

Pizzelle goes from post six Friday with Tyler Smith up.