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Redaspen rides the rail in La Prevoyante
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Redaspen skimmed her way to graded victory on Saturday
(Jim Lisa Photos) |
Equivine Farm's homebred REDASPEN (Bianconi) commenced her bid on the inside
approaching the final turn and drove through an opening along the rail late to
capture the $200,000
La Prevoyante H. (G2) by three-quarters of a length over
the good turf at Calder on Saturday. The chestnut mare, who went postward as the
8-1 fourth choice, reached the wire in 2:26 3/5 for the 1 1/2 miles to bag her
initial graded stakes score. Trained by Rebecca Baker and ridden by Eddie
Castro, the five-year-old returned $18.60, $7.20 and $3.40 while keying the
$97.60 exacta, $348 trifecta and $1,032.20 superfecta (6-3-5-2).
"The owners were considering retiring her, but this race was coming up and a
personal friend of ours recommended sending her to us and taking a shot," Baker
said. "Now, I guess we'll have to talk about her future."
Green Girl (Fr) (Lord of Men) tracked in third early to the stretch but could
not match strides with the winner late in a good runner-up showing. The 5-1
third choice paid $5.60 and $2.80. Dalvina (GB) (Grand Lodge), the even-money
favorite, saved ground while in good striking position throughout but never
fired in the lane while 1 1/4 lengths back. The sophomore was worth $2.20 for the
show. My Rachel (Horse Chestnut [SAf]) tracked in second to the turn, took a
brief lead in upper stretch and stayed on well enough to cap the superfecta as the
9-2 second betting option. Herboriste (GB) (Hernando [Fr]) was a length back and
trailed by Eres Magica (Chi) (Stuka), I'm In Love (Zafonic), Sans Souci Island
(Chester House), pacesetter Oh Deanne O (Dynaformer), Jive (Dynaformer) and
Suaveness (Suave Prospect). Indiansong (Indian Charlie) was withdrawn.
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Redaspen improved her lifetime record to 24-9-6-5, which includes a smart
12-6-1-3 turf line. This marked the fifth stakes win for the Pennsylvania-bred,
following triumphs in the Mrs. Penny S., Navajo Princess S., Politely S. and
Foxy J. G. S. A closing third in the My Charmer H.
(G3) most recently, she has now banked $459,473.
The winner was produced from the winning Goldie Pops (Strike the Gold) and has an unnamed
yearling half-sister by Monashee Mountain and a weanling half-sister by
Saarland.
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