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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Multiple stakes winner Twirling Queen has been impressive in winning all three of her starts this year for trainer Jose D’Angelo but the three-year-old ay daughter of Twirling Candy will need to be even better today if she hopes to knock off heavy favorite Star of Mystery in the $150,000 Coronation Cup at Saratoga Race Course.

The listed event is a 51⁄2-furlong sprint on the Spa’s Mellon turf course and features a competitive field of 10. Owned by G U Racing Stable, Twirling Queen won twice this winter sprinting five furlongs over the Gulfstream Park synthetic with Luis Saez aboard, taking an optional claimer in Feb. and an off-the-turf renewal of the Melody of Colors in March.



She enters the Coronation Cup off a stalking three-quarter-length win in her turf debut in the 51⁄2-furlong Mamzelle on May 11 at Churchill Downs, where she bested returning rivals and next-out winners Toupie and Cloudwalker. Twirling Queen is 8-1 on the morning line today and will break from post five with Saez in the irons. D’Angelo said the Mamzelle effort confirmed that Twirling Queen doesn’t need the lead to win.

“For the race at Gulfstream (Melody of Colors), I spoke to Luis on the morning of the race and said to him, ‘the filly is ready to win, no matter what get the lead,’” recalled D’Angelo. “She could not get the lead, but Luis was patient and sat second and then she went and won the race. From that race, I learned from her that you can rate .

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