From Los Alamitos Publicity
CYPRESS, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2018) – Naughty Tiger, one of four California-breds entered, will try for her second stakes win in a row when she faces four opponents in the $100,000 Barretts Debutante Saturday at Los Alamitos.
Scheduled for 6 ½ furlongs and restricted to 2-year-old fillies offered for purchase at any Barretts sale, the Debutante is the fifth of nine races. Post time Saturday is 2 p.m. Scheduled post time for the Debutante is 3:58 p.m.
Owned by Brian Blackburn, Shannon Hunt, Mike Marsden, Antony Murigo, Darrin Albert and trainer Edward Freeman, Naughty Tiger followed her maiden victory at Santa Anita June 14 with a 5-1 upset in the CTBA Stakes Aug. 1 at Del Mar. Naughty Tiger was bred by Premier Thoroughbreds. Purchased for $40,000 at the Barretts sale in April, the daughter of Smiling Tiger and the Red Giant mare Naughty Nightie prevailed by 1 ¼ lengths in the CTBA and her second win in three starts pushed her bankroll to $98,880.
Trained by Brian Koriner for Blinkers On Racing Stable, Robert Georgetti, Gene Hacker and Cheryl Harris, Square Peggy is 1-for-2 with earnings of $37,200 after defeating maidens in her second start Aug. 15. The win was flattered when runner-up Sneaking Out returned to score by 10 ½ lengths in her next start Sept. 2. A $160,000 purchase in April, Square Peggy is a daughter of Square Eddie and the Momentum mare Puff Pastry and was bred by Reddam Racing.
Owned by Jerry Caroom and trained by Hall of Famer Neil Drysdale, Shanghai Barbie finished fifth in her debut, defeated 22 lengths by Sneaking Out. A Shanghai Bobby filly out of the Memo mare Sacharissa, Shanghai Barbie was purchased for $60,000 at the Barretts Select sale in 2017. She was bred by Milt Policzer.
Derby Royalty is a three-start maiden who was third against $50,000 state bred maidens Sept. 7. Owned by Gary Folger and Susan Derby and trained by Ruben Gomez, the Haynesfield filly out of the Fusaichi Pegasus mare Prospecting Peg has banked $3,945. She was an $8,000 buy at the Barretts sale last October and was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises.