Prairie Meadows: Mizumi, Good Cheer are among Friday winners

Mizumi Remains Perfect with Workman-Like Iowa Oaks Effort

She's not just a California girl. Mizumi (Justify) took her show on the road Friday night, and put in a workman-like effort to win the Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows. A debut winner May 2 at Santa Anita Park, she turned around June 13 to collect her first black-type victory in the GIII Summertime Oaks. The betting public decided not to fix what isn't broken and made her the 3-5 favorite against this shortened field. Setting up shop in the back, Mi…

Prairie Meadows: Mizumi, Good Cheer are among Friday winners

Odds-on favorite Mizumi swept four wide into the lane, ran down Brooklyn Blonde in the final furlong and kicked clear to a 1 1/4-length win Friday in the listed, $225,000 Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows. Florent Geroux rode the winner for trainer Bob Baffert in the 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-old fillies. Knickleandime broke sharpest under Luis Sáez and set the pace along the rail through fractions of 23.23, 46.93, 1:11.15 and 1:36.99, with Shillin…