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Filly finds her best at the Rite Moment in Distaff Winning Move Stable et al's RITE MOMENT (Vicar) moved outside of pacesetter Your Flame in Me (Boundary) in early stretch and wore that one down to eclipse the Distaff H. (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday by one length. The Gary Contessa trainee raced close up along the inside to the head of the lane, awaited room under Rajiv Maragh approaching the final turn and closed with excellent energy to finish off six furlongs in 1:09 4/5 on the fast inner dirt. Sent off as the 5-2 second choice, the four-year-old filly paid $7.30, $4.10 and $3.30 while keying the $47.80 exacta and $265.50 trifecta (2-1-3). "She has exceeded my expectations," Contessa said. "She never bounces. She comes back on two or three weeks rest and runs the same race. She's a big, strong filly. She eats like a colt, trains like a colt and runs against fillies. It's kind of cool." Your Flame in Me ran a winning race in defeat, establishing all the splits before being overtaken late at 8-1. The runner-up returned $7.60 and $5.30 for finishing 2 1/4 lengths clear of Scatkey (Scatmandu), who rallied along the rail to earn the black-type placing. Show was worth $5.60 on the 17-1 longshot, who was trailed by 4-5 choice Control System (Lion Hearted), Beau Dare (Military) and Quality Affair (Elusive Quality). Rite Moment reeled off her fourth win from her last five tries here, including a 13 1/4-length romp in the Limit S. most recently. The bay, who was acquired after running second in an allowance race at Hawthorne in November, improved her lifetime line to 11-5-3-0, $244,242. She was second in the Correction H. in early February. Bred in the Bluegrass State by Charles Nuckols Jr. & Sons, the winner was produced from the winning Moments of Joy (Lost Code) and has a two-year-old half-sister named Joy Street (Street Cry [Ire]) and an unnamed yearling half-sister by Marquetry. Contessa said Rite Moment could return in the $150,000 Bed O'Roses H. (G2) going seven furlongs on April 19
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