The daughter of Caravaggio has now won all 3 starts and took this first step into stakes company in her stride, having been a comfortable winner of an Allowance Claimer at Del Mar earlier in the month. A home-bred for Donald R. Dizney, she has clocked the fastest top speed figure in the field on each of her 3 starts to date, reaching an impressive 44.30 mph on the speed-o-meter in Saturday’s victory. A turn-of-foot like this is always going to get her rivals in trouble and having now proven herself over the extended 6 furlong trips, there are plenty of options now open to Doug O’Neill’s 3-year-old filly. An average stride length figure of 25.39 ft (ranked 2nd of 9) was above the TPD expected average figure for a winner of this race and for such a long striding filly to be able to clock an extremely quick 10.32s for the first full furlong is a remarkable feat. Her long stride kept her in front and although Day to Day did close the gap in the home straight, it is worth noting that Little Opal still ran a race best figure of 11.70s for the final split and recorded a better run-out speed figure than the runner-up (36.71 mph). Having worked hard to get to the front, Little Opal found plenty when required in the closing stages and the evidence we have would suggest that she may well be capable of producing a Grade 1 winning performance.