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Tar Heel Mom captures Sugar Swirl
"We put a screw in it and she came back good, so we decided to go on with her," said Hough of the lengthy layoff. "She might have been a little short for her race back (in the Garland of Roses)." Tar Heel Mom paid $7.40, $3.80 and $3 as the 5-2 second choice among 10 rivals. "She's a nice filly and always tries hard, and she demonstrated that today," Garcia said. "I had a great feeling when she took the lead and had a lot of horse at the end." Hilda's Passion, the 2-1 favorite, was in position to challenge turning for home but could never catch the winner. She returned $3.60 and $3 after finishing 2 1/4 lengths ahead of the 10-1 Ms Vanenzza (Successful Appea) in third. Show totaled $4.80. Bronx City Girl (Yankee Gentleman), D'wild Ride, Moontune Missy (Forest Wildcat), Jessica is Back (Put It Back), Noisy Feet (Tapit), J Z Warrior (Harlan's Holiday) and Landing My Way (Southern Image). The exotics gave back $32 (exacta), $189.80 (trifecta) and $1,064 (6-10-7-8 superfecta). Winner of the 2010 Distaff H. (G2) last April at Aqueduct, Tar Heel Mom has also captured the 2009 editions of the In Her Glory S. and Seton Hall University S. as well as the 2008 Meadow Star S. She's placed in eight black-type events, including a pair of close runner-up finishes in the Inside Information (G2) and Hurricane Bertie S. (G3) at Gulfstream last year, and her overall mark now reads 22-8-5-5, $538,692. Bred in Kentucky by Upson Downs Farm, Tar Heel Mom was produced from the winning Perpetual Light (Sunny's Halo) and is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner and Preakness S. (G1) runner-up Scrappy T (Fit to Fight); the juvenile filly Carolina Light (Rockport Harbor); and a yearling filly by Tapit. This is also the family of Grade 3 victor Country Be Gold (Summer Squall).
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