David Holloway’s Dubious Miss exists in an altered
state and has a name with feminine connotations, but the 7-year-old gelding may
have found his true identity by running over Fair Grounds’ Stall-Wilson
turf course.
He’s made 23 lifetime starts, but only three over the
green, and two of those have been seconds over the local lawn – one in last
year’s Grade III Fair Grounds Handicap and one in this year’s Grade
III Col. E. R. Bradley Handicap Jan. 22.
“That’s why we’re putting him back on it,” said trainer Paul
McGee during training hours Friday morning, speaking in advance of
Saturday’s renewal of the Fair Grounds Handicap. “He just seems to love the
grass course here – the dirt not so much. I don’t know why.
“But he’s doing good right now,” McGee said. “He had
a nice blow out Wednesday (three furlongs in 37.20) so we’re hoping he runs
well over it again.”
Veteran reinsman Corey Lanerie, aboard Dubious Miss
in the Col. Bradley, will be in the irons once again.