Shesawildjoker brings class to $100K Franklin Square
At 0h22, on January 13, 2022 • By AQUEDUCT
Joseph Bucci’s stakes winner Shesawildjoker brings a consistent ledger to her seasonal debut in Saturday’s eighth running of the $100,000 Franklin Square for New York-bred sophomore fillies going 6 1/2-furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In the money in 4-of-5 lifetime starts with field best earnings of $102,750, Shesawildjoker enters from a third-place finish in the six-furlong Key Cents on November 21 at the Big A, where she rounded out the trifecta at 38-1 odds behind unbeaten Classy Edition.
“She gave a good account of herself last time and I think she does the same here,” trainer David Donk said. “It’s probably a pretty wide open affair, but it’s a good spot for us.”
Shesawildjoker, a Practical Joke chestnut, defeated subsequent stakes-winner November Rein in her June 18 debut at Belmont Park before a distant eighth in the Grade 2 Adirondack two months later at Saratoga Race Course.
She returned to action over a muddy Belmont main track when third in the seven-furlong Joseph A. Gimma in September before becoming a stakes-winner in the six-furlong Shesastonecoldfox on October 25 over sloppy and sealed going at Finger Lakes.
Shesawildjoker has rated off the pace in her last two starts, which Donk said he would like to see more of moving forward.
“She ran well at Finger Lakes. She rated a bit for the first time so that’s what we’re trying to do with her,” Donk said. “If there’s some pace in the race, I’d like to get her to settle a bit. If she’s in a spot where she’s lone speed then great – but if not, she needs to learn how to rate.”
Bred by Three Diamonds Farm, Shesawildjoker is out of the two-time winning Speightstown mare Tarquinia. She was bought for $80,000 out of the Bluewater Sales consignment at the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Jorge Vargas, Jr. will pick up the mount in pursuit of his second Franklin Square win from post 2.
