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Star Parade floats to Hawthorne victory Gary Tanaka's STAR PARADE (Arg) (Parade Marshal) wired the field to post a 1 3/4-length score in Sunday's $100,000 Hawthorne H. (G3) at Hollywood Park. Sent to the early lead by jockey Martin Pedroza, the seven-year-old mare carved out splits of :23 2/5, :47 and 1:11 before being tested in the stretch by Hollywood Story (Wild Rush), who rallied on the inside and got within a half-length of the leader through a mile in 1:35 4/5. Star Parade responded when asked by Pedroza, drifting in slightly in deep stretch, but pulling away gamely to emerge victorious, traveling the 1 1/16-mile contest in 1:42 1/5 over a fast track. Sent off as the 8-5 second choice, the Darrell Vienna trainee returned $5.20, $3 and $2.10 while leading $1 exotics of $7.90 (exacta) and $14.10 for the 2-3-6 trifecta. Hollywood Story was a clear second at 9-2 to pay $3.60 and $2.20 while even-money favorite Healthy Addiction (Boston Harbor) came home 5 1/4 lengths farther back in third to give back $2.10. New Regina (Brz) (Royal Academy) and Santa Candida (Arg) (Espaciado) rounded out the order of finish while Freakin Streakin (Tactical Advantage) was scratched from the race. Bred in Argentina by Firmamento, Star Parade is out of the stakes-winning Clerical Etoile (Arg) (The Watcher). Star Parade annexed the 2004 and 2006 editions of the Santa Maria H. (G1), the 2004 running of the Milady Breeders' Cup H. (G1) as well as the 2003 and 2005 renewals of the Bayakoa H. (G2). This was her sixth black-type win, and she now holds a record of 31-9-7-4 with $1,160,419 in earnings.
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