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Four of the six fillies entered in the $300,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2), including unbeaten Hoosier Philly, worked Saturday morning at Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16-mile Rachel Alexandra is a qualifier for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in May at Churchill Downs, offering 50-20-15-10-5 points to the top five finishers.

Hoosier Philly fired her third bullet in as many works since returning to Tom Amoss' barn from her Florida freshening. The Into Mischie filly breezed five furlongs in :47.40, the best of 86 runners. Hoosier Philly went in company with stablemate Super Design, a 5-year-old allowance horse.

“(Hoosier Philly) started one length behind her workmate “ said Fair Grounds clocker Frank McGoey. “They were even in 47.4, and she had a strong gallop out, going 1:00.1 and 1:14.1.”

Chop Chop went five furlongs with her stablemate, the maiden filly Comparative. They both clocked in at 1:00.80 for trainer Brad Cox (9/62). Off a narrow miss behind her stablemate The Alys Look in the Silverbulletday, Chop Chop will add blinkers for the Rachel.

Going five furlongs in 1:01.60 for trainer Brendan Walsh, Pretty Mischievous was kept company by her stablemate, the allowance-level gelding Crump. Her time was 27th best of 62.

Being kept company by barn mate Minnesota Moon, the Chris Block trainee Knockyoursocksoff traveled four furlongs in :49.40 (37/86) ahead of Saturday's Rachel Alexandra.

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Keith Grass' 3-year-old filly B G Warrior held off a determined challenge from heavy favorite Murky to pull a shocking 41-1 upset victory in Saturday's $125,000 Valdale Stakes at Turfway Park.

Trained by Ron Kahles and ridden to victory by David Haldar, B G Warrior provided her connections with redemption in the Valdale after she crossed the wire first on New Year's Eve in the Turfway's Gowell Stakes but was disqualified and placed second due to stretch interference. Saturday's win marked her first in a stakes.

B G Warrior was hustled to the lead and was pressured early on her outside by Irish-bred Strokes. In the early stages of the race, 4-5 favorite Murky sat third, just off the dueling leaders, who recorded a swift quarter-mile fraction of :22.30 and half-mile time of :45.08. At the top of the stretch as Strokes began to retreat, jockey Gerardo Corrales began to ask Murky for her best run while Haldar cut the corner on the fleet-footed B G Warrior, who continued to battle at the rail. At the eighth-pole, B G Warrior began to draw clear and recorded a gritty three-quarters of a length win.

B G Warrior completed 6½ furlongs in 1:17.65 over the synthetic Tapeta surface.

Bettors were rewarded with B G Warrior, who returned $85.76 for the win.

Murky finished one length in front of third-place finisher Tammy Tap Tap Tap.

B G Warrior is a daughter of Run Away and Hide out of the Any Given Saturday mare Biogio's Gift. She was bred in Kentucky by the Lou Dunn Diekemper Trust.

Jill Jitterbug finished fourth followed by Always At Ease, T Max, Moon Magic Chrissy, Liliesformillie, and Strokes.

B G Warrior improved her overall record to 2-4-0 from 10 starts and earned $74,616 to boost her career earnings to $138,531.

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Lawson Racing Stables' One Identity, in her fourth race off the claim and second straight on the grass, got a well-timed ride from jockey Paco Lopez to become a stakes winner for the first time with a half-length triumph over Charlie T in the $100,000 Ladies Turf Sprint on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

Trained by Rohan Crichton, 4-year-old One Identity ($8.20) covered five furlongs in :55.92  over a firm turf course in the Ladies Turf Sprint for older fillies and mares.

Claimed for $35,000 last summer at Gulfstream, One Identity was exiting a third-place effort in an optional claiming allowance sprinting five furlongs Jan. 18, her turf debut, beaten less than two lengths. That race snapped a two-race win streak for the daughter of Uncaptured, both victories having come over Gulfstream's all-weather Tapeta surface.

“When she ran the last time, Paco admitted they went too fast and he wanted to relax her a little bit more so that's what he did,” Crichton said. “It played out well for us.”

Lopez settled One Identity in fourth saving ground as 35-1 long shot War of Ages blazed through an opening quarter of a mile in :21.42 pressed to her outside by Charlie T. Lopez waited patiently for room that came when the field straightened for home, splitting War of Ages and Charlie T at the top of the stretch and outrunning a determined Charlie T to the wire.

Mamba Wamba, sent off as the 2-1 betting favorite, finished third followed by Imagery, Stony Point, Moor Strength and War of Ages. Miss J McKay and Spun Glass were scratched.

“Paco sat and got a good trip. He decided to go inside,” Crichton said. “He gave up the garden spot outside, but the rail opened up and she got through.”

Bred in Florida by Laurie Plesa, David Melin, and Leon Ellman, One Identity won three of seven starts before being claimed and was second in the Any Limit sprinting six furlongs on the dirt last winter at Gulfstream. She has now won three of four starts for Crichton, who said he had not looked beyond the Ladies Turf Sprint for One Identity.

“One dream at a time,” Crichton said. “She's gotten better and better, for sure.”

Uncaptured, a former Ocala Stud stallion before being sold to stand in South Korea, was also represented on Gulfstream's Saturday card by Yes I Am Free, winner of the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint (G3).

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