Northfield, OH — Captain Cowgirl looks to extend her three-race win streak in Saturday night’s (Oct. 15) $100,000 Courageous Lady, an invitational Grand Circuit event for 3-year-old filly pacers, at MGM Northfield Park.

This year’s Courageous Lady is the 13th race on a 15-race program. A $20,000 guaranteed 20-cent Super High-5 is offered on the evening’s featured event, as well as a $10,000 guarantee on the evening’s late Pick-4, beginning in race 11.

The undercard consists of the annual “Pace for the Cure” race for female drivers and eight $40,000 Ohio Fair championships.

Here is an introduction to the 2022 Courageous Lady contenders:

1. Galleria Hanover drew the rail in this year’s Courageous Lady. This sophomore daughter of Always B Miki is one of two fillies in this field for harness racing’s leading trainer, Ron Burke. She is owned by the partnership of Bill Donovan, Purnel&Libby LLC and Joe Sbrocco. Galleria Hanover enters the Courageous Lady with four lifetime win, and her 1:49.2f lifetime best is the fastest in this field. Ronnie Wrenn Jr. will drive this 6-1 shot with a $169,728 career bankroll.

2. Valar Dohaeris has been installed with odds of 8-1. She races out of the Åke Svanstedt stable. This New York stalwart attracts driving star Mark MacDonald. She has finished in the top three in all of her 10 races this year. This daughter of Huntsville is owned by Knutsson Trotting Inc. She has a career best 1:51f and a $211,300 bankroll.

3. Cape Cod Hanover, winner of the $103,714 Ohio Breeders Championship last month, is the 4-1 third favorite. The daughter of Downbytheseaside is trained by Ron Burke and has won 10 of 22 starts with earnings of $460,754. She is owned by Burke racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Rich Lombardo Racing and RAS Racing. Burke has listed Chris Page to drive. The Burke/Page connection won the Little Brown Jug last month with Bythemissal, another Buckeye-bred by Downbytheseaside.

4. Lookatmyrapsheet checks in as the 7-2 second choice. The daughter of Bettor’s Delight owned by Arnold White has won five races and finished in the top three in 12 of 14 starts this year with seasonal earnings of $187,300. Her most recent score came earlier this month at The Red Mile, winning in 1:51.1. Trainer Per Engblom ships his filly in from Kentucky and has listed Billy Davis Jr. to pilot.

5. Bittrsweetsymphony is one of two Ohio-bred fillies in this field and is a 15-1 long shot. She races for local trainer Crist Hershberger, who also drives for the owning partnership of CNC Stables and David Miller. The daughter of Well Said has a 1:50.4h mark at the Delaware County Fair last month and has posted 12 wins and seven third-place finishes in 22 starts this year. Bittrsweetsymphony enters this race with $211,877 in earnings and four track records under her belt.

6. Give Me This Dance is this field’s Minnesota monster, destroying her competition by 10 lengths last week. This well-traveled filly also shows winning this year in California. She is trained by Justin Anfinson for owners Alan and Cheryl Sanbulte. This daughter of Wind Me Up was winless last year as a freshman, but has posted 14 victories so far this year, with 25 top-three finishes in 26 starts. She has $146,372 in earnings and a 1:53.3f record. Northfield’s leading driver Aaron Merriman, who also leads North America in wins, will be in the sulky. Give Me This Dance is a 20-1 long shot that enters this race off two consecutive victories.

7. Gotthegreenlight is 12-1. She is trained by Nifty Norman for owners Patricia Stable and Kovach Stables. Driving phenom Dexter Dunn has been listed to pilot. This American Ideal filly has won 14 of 24 races with earnings of $488,697 and a 1:51f lifetime mark. She was a strong presence in this year’s New York stakes scene and starts against open competition.

8. Sweet Treasure drew the far outside in this year’s Courageous Lady. This Sweet Lou daughter did not start last year, but has finished in the top three in 10 of 11 starts in 2022. Nancy Takter trains this filly for Hot Lead Farm. Sweet Treasure sports $177,834 in earnings and a 1:50.1 mark. Chris Lems is programmed to drive this 10-1 long shot.

9. Captain Cowgirl, a Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Champion at both two and three, has put together an impressive trio of victories leading up to this race, including the $253,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Championship on Sept. 25. The Jim King Jr. trainee has compiled 12 victories and two runner-up finishes in 19 career starts, good for $569,875 in purses. Hall of Fame driver Tim Tetrick will be in the sulky behind the 2-1 morning-line favorite. This daughter of Captaintreacherous is owned by the partnership of Jo Ann Looney-King and Kenneth Frieder and has taken a 1:49.3f lifetime mark.