Musical Rhapsody gets another crack at Linda’s Gift in Saturday’s $100,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes
At 0h02, on June 13, 2024 • By Santa Anita
When Musical Rhapsody escaped the shadow of Linda’s Gift in last month’s 1 ½ -mile Santa Barbara Stakes on turf, she responded with her first career stakes win. Following that confidence-boosting win, Musical Rhapsody will get a fifth try at upending Linda’s Gift in Saturday’s $100,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes at 11/4 miles at Santa Anita.
Trained by Phil D’Amato, Musical Rhapsody won the Santa Barbara by a nose over Duvet Day, who also returns in the Possibly Perfect. Prior to that effort, Musical Rhapsody had dropped four straight decisions to Linda’s Gift beginning last August at Del Mar.
In two matchups this year, Musical Rhapsody was second to Linda’s Gift in the 1 ½-mile Astra in January then was a well-beaten fifth behind winner Linda’s Gift a month later in the GIII Santa Ana at 1 ¼ miles. Hall of Famer Mike Smith has been aboard Musical Rhapsody for her previous five starts and retains the mount.
Musical Rhapsody, an Ireland-bred, is a 5-year-old mare by Holy Roman Emperor. Owned by Michael House, her overall record in the U.S. and Ireland is 17: 5-2-0 with $166,097 in earnings.
