With the lure of a $500,000 purse on the line, the Charles Town Oaks has drawn a full field of ten, along with two fillies waiting in the wings on the also-eligible list, to compete on Saturday. It is the sixth edition of the Grade 3 race which will be run at seven furlongs.
The morning line favorite at odds of 5-2 is Miss Behaviour for trainer Phil Schoenthal. The three-year-old daughter of Jump Start has been on the board in all five starts this year and has been second against graded stakes company in her last three starts. As a juvenile, she won the Matron (G2) at Belmont Park and has a total of four wins from ten starts. Jevian Toledo will be aboard for the first time and the pair will break from post two.
Second choice at odds of 7-2 is Size, a homebred for Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider. Trained by Bill Mott, the chestnut daughter of First Samurai will be trying to rebound after finishing ninth and last in the Alabama (G1) at Saratoga. Prior to that, she had won three of her four starts including the Iowa Oaks (G3). Junior Alvarado, aboard in her last two starts, retains the mount and they will break from post nine.
Also in the field at odds of 8-1 is Stormy Novel for trainer John Servis. Purchased for $300,000 as a yearling, the bay daughter of Bernardini has won three of her eight starts and earned her first stakes win last time out in the Miss Woodford at Monmouth Park. She has had a bullet workout at Monmouth since that race and will have Kendrick Carmouche in the irons from the inside post.
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