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Alittleloveandluck a Dual-Surface Threat in Florida Oaks

With a near 100% chance of precipitation in greater Tampa, Saturday's GIII Florida Oaks is at the mercy of Mother Nature, but whether the race remains on the grass or is transferred to the main track, the Mike Dini-owned and -trained Alittleloveandluck (Arrogate) stands an excellent shot of getting her picture taken post-race.

The gray tried open company in her first three appearances, rounding out the triple in a one-mile Parx maiden in October before besting her fellow Florida-breds by a nose in a sythetic-track test at Gulfstream Nov. 12. Up late to take the grassy Ginger Brew S. Jan. 1–in which she had next-out GIII Sweetest Chant S. heroine Opalina (Optimizer) back in third–Alittleloveandluck was second–albeit well-beaten–behind the promising Nest (Curlin) in the Feb. 12 Suncoast S. over the local main track.

Domain Expertise (Kitten's Joy) gave trainer Chad Brown a second Florida Oaks last year and the conditioner has a pair of entrants to try to put them back-to-back. Spicer (Quality Road), a debut third at Belmont Oct. 9, was a convincing 3 3/4-length maiden winner–with Ambitieuse (Medaglia d'Oro) third–at Aqueduct Nov. 19 and adds Lasix for this potential return to action. Brown also saddles French import Dolce Zel (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), well-beaten in her Dieppe debut last July, but a latest 24-1 winner of a ParisLongchamp maiden for Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti Oct. 14. The bay would almost certainly come out of the race if removed from the turf.

Ambitieuse progressed from her debut third to graduate when tried over the Gulfstream Tapeta Dec. 29 and finished full of run when going down by three-parts of a length in the Sweetest Chant. Bred on the same cross that has produced MGISW Elate and a similar one to multiple champion Songbird, Ambitieuse is also a candidate to contest a main-track Oaks.

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Domain Expertise Nails Frontrunning Jouster On The Wire In Florida Oaks

For sheer drama, it was hard to top the finish of Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Florida Oaks for sophomore fillies on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla. Odds-on favorite Jouster and Luis Saez made an easy lead most of the way and appeared to be home free until the Noble Mission filly turned her head in the stretch, perhaps seeking company.

Whatever the circumstances, that was the opening Antonio Gallardo needed on Domain Expertise, the daughter of Kitten's Joy out of the Limehouse mare Teroda. Domain Expertise gobbled up the ground in lightning-quick fashion and stuck her nose in front at the wire, winning in 1:41.12 for the 1 1/16 miles.

The final time is a stakes record, bettering Fifty Five's 1:41.60 in 2017.

Domain Expertise, who improved to 2-for-5, is owned by Klaravich Stables.

“She felt comfortable all the way around,” Gallardo said. “Really, when I put her in the clear, she exploded. She exploded like a good filly. I was trying my hardest and you're not thinking about (whether he would catch Jouster), you're thinking about riding your horse and trying to catch her. That's it.

“I asked Luis (Saez, on Jouster) 'What do you think?' and he said 'I don't know.' It was so close. Thanks to the Chad Brown team and everybody.”

“Antonio gave her a great ride,” said Whit Beckman, Brown's assistant. “She's been training great in south Florida and we brought her here expecting to win. You count on your horse and jockey to know where the wire is, and they timed things perfectly.”

An ironic twist to the Florida Oaks result: Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Jouster, trained Domain Expertise's broodmare sire Limehouse, who won the 2004 Tampa Bay Derby.

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Kitten’s Joy’s Domain Expertise Gets Up in Florida Oaks

Jouster shot to the front as Domain Expertise settled in the second half of the field heading into the first turn. Residing in the two path while covered up midpack down the backstretch, the 5-1 chance took aim at the front approaching the quarter pole and was fanned four wide around the final turn. Picking up the tempo but with seemingly too much to do as Jouster was free-running in early stretch, the Chad Brown runner proved undeterred as Antonio Gallardo asked for more and his charge responded, reeling in the frontrunner late and pegging her rival at the wire.

“I think I had a pretty good trip,” said Gallardo. “She felt comfortable all the way around. Really, when I put her in the clear, she exploded. She exploded like a good filly. I was trying my hardest and you're not thinking about [whether you're going to catch Jouster, the pacesetter], you're thinking about riding your horse and trying to catch her.”

Runner up in her career debut at Saratoga last September, the Klaravich Stables runner was seventh over the yielding Pimlico turf in the Selima S. Oct. 3, but rebounded to win in a Tampa maiden Dec. 5. Sent off at 7-1 last time out, the chestnut finished third, beaten two lengths, in Gulfstream's GIII Sweetest Chant S. Jan. 30.

Pedigree Notes:

With Saturday's victory at Tampa, Domain Expertise became the 102nd black-type and the 50th graded winner for her sire, Kitten's Joy. The $200,000 KEENOV weanling purchase is the fourth foal out of MSP Teroda, who is also responsible for Sombeyay (Into Mischief), winner of the GIII Sanford S. at two before adding the GIII Canadian Turf S. the following season. The 13-year-old mare produced a Bolt d'Oro filly in 2020 and was bred back to Mendelssohn.

Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs
FLORIDA OAKS-GIII, $152,500, Tampa Bay Downs, 3-6, 3yo, f,
1 1/16mT, 1:41.12, fm.
1–DOMAIN EXPERTISE, 117, f, 3, by Kitten's Joy
                1st Dam: Teroda (MSP, $171,033), by Limehouse
                2nd Dam: Leza, by Strawberry Road (Aus)
                3rd Dam: Goldenley (Arg), by Farley (Arg)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($200,000
Wlg '18 KEENOV). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-J D Stuart,
Mueller Farms, Inc. & Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY);
T-Chad C. Brown; J-Antonio A. Gallardo. $90,000. Lifetime
Record: 5-2-1-1, $125,700. *1/2 to Sombeyay (Into Mischief),
MGSW, $412,650. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click
for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Jouster, 119, f, 3, Noble Mission (GB)–Playtime, by Street Cry
(Ire). 'TDN Rising Star'. ($360,000 Ylg '19 FTSAUG). O-Starlight
Racing; B-St. Elias Stables, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
$30,000.
3–Oyster Box, 119, f, 3, Tapit–Starformer, by Dynaformer.
O-Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck); B-Juddmonte Farms Inc
(KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $15,000.
Margins: NO, 2HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 5.40, 0.70, 5.50.
Also Ran: Mia Martina, Queen of the Green, Be Sneaky, Flight to Shanghai, Forever Boss, Big Band Luzziann, Alex's First. Scratched: Big Bad Diva, Hindsight.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Pletcher Filly Looks to Earn Black-Type Badge in FL Oaks

Starlight Racing's Jouster (Noble Mission {GB}) looks to secure her first black-type victory Saturday in the GIII Florida Oaks at Tampa. Unsuccessful in her first two attempts on dirt, the bay graduated by 8 3/4 lengths when switched to the turf going two turns at Gulfstream Jan. 10. The 'TDN Rising Star' took the field wire-to-wire next out over the same track and trip Feb. 7, earning an 84 Beyer Speed Figure, two points below her maiden-breaking figure.

It is no surprise that the biggest competition to the Todd Pletcher trainee comes from the Chad Brown barn in Domain Expertise (Kitten's Joy). Earning her diploma at third asking over this course and distance Dec. 5, the chestnut checked in third in Gulfstream's GIII Sweetest Chant S. Jan. 30 and receives Lasix for the first time here.

The undefeated Oyster Box (Tapit) looks to take her career to the next level here. A debut winner sprinting at Belmont Oct. 3, the chestnut scored a decisive win in a one-mile optional claimer at this venue Jan. 6.

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