Four Turf Fillies Prove the Clock Isn't the Whole Story

In the days leading up to the Labor Day holiday, four juvenile fillies made their first starts on turf without producing a gaudy speed figure or a wide winning margin. None of the four ran away with her race by daylight. Yet each debut left the kind of impression that stays with the people who study young horses closely, a reminder that a stopwatch and a length chart do not always capture what a filly is capable of.

With reporting from Thoroughbred Daily News.