Cat Daddys Lil Girl (pictured), a homebred gray daughter of Big Daddy Cartel owned by Jimmy Negrete and Jimmy Vasquez, will make her 6-year-old season debut in Saturday’s 400-yard, $100,000 Lou Wooten/Sydney Valentini Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park.
Cat Daddys Lil Girl will be shortening in distance off of her eighth-place finish, 2 1/4 lengths behind winner Apollitical Pence, in the December 11, $600,000 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos. The mare is coming off of a 5-year-old season during which she won two open stakes during the Remington Park spring meet, including the May 29, $128,000 Junos Request Stakes (G1).
Cat Daddys Lil Girl drew post 5 and will be ridden by Noe Garcia Jr. for trainer Wes Giles.
Other contenders include Mike G. Parker’s Chicky Chicky Kai, a graded stakes winning 4-year-old Jess A Chicks mare trained by Larry Chavez. Chicky Chicky Kai ended her sophomore campaign with a neck victory as the 9-5 favorite in the December 5, $100,000 New Mexico Filly & Mare Championship (RG1) at Zia Park.
Chicky Chicky Kai drew post 4 and will be ridden by Sergio Becerra Jr.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
Crown N Royal Gal (Adrian Ramos), 15-1
Amandas Flashy (Jose A. Alvarez), 8-1
Jess To Reel (Daniel Torres), 15-1
Chicky Chicky Kai (Sergio Becerra), 9-2
Cat Daddys Lil Girl (Noe Garcia Jr.), 4-1
Mi Moonflash (Alfredo Sigala), 6-1
Fireball Flash (Kevin Enriquez-Arenivas), 6-1
Hearts Mystic Rime (Jose D. Ruiz), 12-1
Famous Julia (Hector Aldrete), 10-1
A Flashin Blu (Jacob Enriquez), 12-1
AE-Outta Debt (Alfredo Sigala), 15-1
AE-Cartel Cambria (Paul O. Garcia), 20-1