The Mardi Gras, at about 5 1/2 furlongs, unfolded at a slow tempo, with Loveable Lyss and Clairenation alternating on the lead through splits of 22.60 and 46.22. She calls the mare her favorite horse in the large operation. Pridham is Stidham’s assistant trainer and Rapid Rhythm’s regular morning rider. “That’s what makes her so special: She knows where the wire is, and she wants to win,” said Hilary Pridham. Last March, she won another Fair Grounds turf sprint in December she won the $50,000 Battle of New Orleans, a Fair Grounds turf sprint and on Tuesday, rallying wide under James Graham, Rapid Rhythm won Mardi Gras Stakes, bringing her Fair Grounds turf-sprint record to five tries and five wins.
Nine starts and almost a year later – and having moved into the barn of trainer Mike Stidham – Rapid Rhythm won the second time she sprinted on turf at Fair Grounds, capturing a conditioned claimer. In March 2015, Rapid Rhythm won her career debut, a turf sprint on the Fair Grounds grass course. Rapid Rhythm (left), with James Graham aboard, rallies from last to win the Mardi Gras Stakes and remain unbeaten in Fair Grounds turf sprints.
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