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Tanda rides the rail to victory in Railbird TANDA (Sweetsouthernsaint) earned her third straight win on Sunday in the $100,000 Railbird S. (G3) at Hollywood Park. With jockey Alex Solis channeling Calvin Borel, the Dan Hendricks-trained sophomore scooted through along the rail to take command on the backstretch and held the outside rally of Switch (Quiet American) to score by a half-length. Sent off the 2-1 second choice in the nine-filly field, Tanda returned $6, $3.40 and $2.40 for completing seven Cushion Track furlongs in 1:21 4/5. Southern Fireball (Southern Image) set the early pace through the initial splits of :23 4/5, but her time in front was limited. Solis had Tanda saving ground along the rail, and the pair rushed through to take over passing the half-mile marker in :45 3/5. The three-year-old lass maintained her momentum down the lane, easily holding Switch and pushing her record to 6-4-1-0, $187,710. Switch circled her rivals three wide rounding the turn but just couldn't chase down Tanda. The John Sadler runner was worth $2.80 and $2.40 as the 8-5 favorite and ended the $8.40 exacta ($1). All Due Respect (Value Plus) was another 2 1/4 lengths back in third, paying $3.20 at 5-1, while Crisis of Spirit (Vindication) rounded out the top four at 11-1. The $1 trifecta gave back $27.40 and the 1-10-4-5 superfecta ($1) totaled $123.10. Vision in Gold (Medaglia d'Oro), Southern Fireball, Seriously (Gulch), Church Camp (Forest Camp) and Win for M'Lou (Gilded Time) completed the order under the wire. Trainer John Sadler withdrew Stockings (Hennessy) after the chestnut miss spiked a fever of 104 degrees Saturday morning. "We treated her with antibiotics and it's down to 101 today," Sadler said Sunday. Owned by Tommy Hutton's Dream Stable's, Tanda broke her maiden on the turf at Santa Anita in her second career start, then made her stakes bow a second-place finish in the Sweet Life S., with both starts coming in January. She captured an allowance/optional claimer in early March to begin her current win streak and successfully added a first stakes win to her resume when dominating the Santa Paula S. (G3) by 4 1/4 lengths on the Pro-Ride, once again in the same month. Bred by Kristine L. Mitchell in Florida, Tanda was produced by the unraced Dr. Caton mare Doc's Stormy Girl, making her a half-sister to stakes winner Leigh McLovin (Flame Thrower), a yearling filly named Royal Stimulus (Repent) and a 2010 filly by Van Nistelrooy. She hails from the family of Countus In (Dancing Count), queen of the 1990 Matriarch S. (G1).
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