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Sarah Sis holds on in Iowa Oaks Joe Ragsdale's Sarah Sis (Sharp Humor) withstood the late charge of Pangburn (Congrats) to post a nose victory wire-to-wire victory in Saturday's $200,000 Iowa Oaks (G3), winning her second straight stakes race since being eased and vanned off in the Kentucky Oaks (G1). The Ingrid Mason-trained filly was ridden by Julio Felix. A 1 3/4-length winner of the May 30 Panthers at Prairie, the three-year-old dark bay appeared on her way to another comfortable tally when opening a two-length advantage in midstretch. However, the action got very interesting late as the wire came just in time for Sarah Sis, who prevailed as the 8-5 choice among eight rivals. She established splits of :23 4/5, :48 and 1:12 4/5 en route to completing 1 1/16 miles in 1:45 on the fast track. Sarah Sis earned her second graded triumph, taking the Honeybee (G3) at Oaklawn Park in early March, and the Kentucky-bred also owns a pair of runner-up finishes in the Martha Washington and Dixie Belle this season as well as a second in the Arlington-Washington Lassie last year. Pangburn, the 5-2 second choice, finished a half-length better than Sweetgrass (Street Sense) in third. Next came Sweet Opportunity (Distorted Humor), Sweet Success (Candy Ride), Hero on Saturday (Any Given Saturday), Paige (Sky Mesa) and Magnolia Street (Include). Bred in Kentucky by Catherine Rene White DVM, Sarah Sis is the lone stakes winner out of Emerald Girl (Gilded Time). She initially sold for $10,000 as a 2013 Keeneland September yearling before being purchased for $20,000 as the OBS June two-year-old in training sale. This is the female family of Grade 2-winning millionaire Isitingood (Crusader Sword). With the $119,400 winner's share, Sarah Sis has now earned $379,400 from a 10-5-3-0 ledger. Bet Horseracing Free Online at TwinSpires.com
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