Inajiffy’s maiden win points her out in turf sprint
At 1h09, on March 3, 2021 • By FAIR GROUNDS
Early week rain in New Orleans is forecast to give way to dry, sunny weather Wednesday and Thursday, so the two allowance races carded for turf on the Thursday program at Fair Grounds should remain on grass.
Race 5, restricted to 3-year-old fillies, is a sprint over about 5 1/2 furlongs open to first-level allowance horses or $50,000 claimers. Among the entrants is Inajiffy, who turned in one of the more memorable performances of the Fair Grounds season winning her career debut, a grass sprint, on Jan. 18. Lagging at the rear of the field and seemingly running in place at odds of 31-1, Inajiffy rallied from last of 12, 14 lengths behind the leader turning for home, to win by three-quarters of a length while running like a wild horse up the fence.
Lady Edith is one of her Thursday opponents. Among a handful of horses based at Fair Grounds for trainer Tommy Drury, she is scheduled to race on Lasix for the first time. She won her debut over the Ellis Park grass last summer well enough to rate a solid win chance Thursday.
