By Christie DeBernardis
'TDN Rising Star' Winter Sunset (Tapit) hopes to keep her perfect record in tact and earn her first graded stakes victory in Saturday's GIII Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs. The gray ran them off their feet on debut at Fair Grounds Nov. 29, taking the field from gate-to-wire for a 4 1/4-length graduation, and followed suit with a win in the Shantel Lanerie Memorial S. there Feb. 9.
The runner-up from that Fair Grounds stakes Elsa (Animal Kingdom) also returns in this spot. Unlike Winter Memories, the Godolphin homebred is already a graded winner having captured the GIII Jimmy Durante S. at Del Mar Nov. 24.
Concrete Rose (Twirling Candy) looks to return to winning ways in this seasonal bow. Following her first-out graduation at Saratoga Aug. 20 with a victory in Keeneland's GIII Jessamine S. Oct. 10, the dark bay finished eighth last time in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Nov. 2.
Chad Brown can never be ignored in a turf stakes and he saddles two in here, Blowout (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and La Feve (Fr) (George Vancouver). Owned by Peter Brant, Blowout made a wide, late bid to capture her career bow over this course and distance Jan. 23. Winner of one of six starts in France for owner/trainer Bruce De Montzey, La Feve was privately purchased and transferred to Chad Brown after finishing third in the G3 Prix d'Aumale Sept. 9. The chestnut filled the same spot in her American debut in Gulfstream's GIII Sweetest Chant S. Feb. 3.
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