|
Citronnade leaves no doubt in Santa Ana
 | |
Citronnade earned her third straight stakes
win in the Santa Ana
(Benoit Photo) |
Stronach Stables' homebred CITRONNADE (Lemon Drop Kid) took the lead early and
left her overmatched foes in her wake late in impressively taking the $150,000
Santa Ana H. (G2) by 5 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Sunday. Piloted by David
Flores, the four-year-old was sharp early and cruised through early splits of
:24, :48 and 1:10 4/5 for the opening six furlongs before spurting clear turning
for home, giving her competitors no chance late in a superb effort. The Bobby
Frankel charge stopped the teletimer in 1:46 1/5 for nine furlongs on the
firm lawn, and returned $3.60, $3 and $2.60 as the 4-5 choice.
Conveyor's Angel (Conveyor) saved ground while third in the early stages, and
closed admirably to finish a clear second. The runner-up completed the $7.40
exacta ($1) while paying $7.60 and $5 at 10-1. Memorette (Memo [Chi]) showed
good late energy to earn third another 2 1/4 lengths behind, finishing off the
$66.20 trifecta ($1) at 11-1. Show was worth $4.80. Flip Flop (Fr) (Zieten)
closed mildly on the outside to sit on the bottom of the $309.10 superfecta
(2-5-1-8) ($1) at odds of 20-1. Quiet Royal (Royal Academy), the 3-1 second
choice, faded to fifth and was trailed by Singalong (GB) (Singspiel [Ire]) and
Foxysox (GB) (Foxhound). Riche Americaine (Fr) (Loup Solitaire), Grat (A.P.
Indy) and Solva (GB) (Singspiel [Ire]) were withdrawn.
|
Citronnade's career has really taken off since she switched to the lawn, over
which she has captured four of five starts, including the San Gorgonio H. (G2),
Graceful Darby S. and Audrey Skirball-Kenis S. The bay filly sports a lifetime
mark of 9-6-2-0 with earnings that now stand at $342,800.
The winner was bred in the Bluegrass State and is the fourth black-type
winner produced from the stakes-winning Primarily (Lord at War [Arg]). She
counts Canadian champions Poetically (Silver Deputy) and Primaly (Alydeed), as
well as Grade 3 winner Whiskey Wisdom (Wild Again), as half-siblings.
Citronnade also has an unraced three-year-old half-sister named Stella Prima
(El Prado [Ire]) and a two-year-old half-sister named Be Glorious (Red Bullet).
Send this article to a friend
| 
