Bewitch

Martin S. Schwartz's ANGARA (GB) (Alzao) was sent off the 4-5 favorite in

Wednesday's $109,300

Bewitch S. (G3) at Keeneland and justified the faith

of her backers with a 1 3/4-length win under Gary Stevens. Trained

by Patrick Biancone, the bay miss recovered from a bumpy start and ran just

behind slow splits of :26 2/5, :55, 1:21 4/5, 1:48 1/5 and

2:12 4/5. She had to check briefly off the heels of Stormin' Daina

(Storm Creek) leaving the far turn, but rallied between horses in the stretch to

get the victory, finishing 1 1/2 miles on the good turf in 2:36 1/5.

Angara paid out $3.80, $2.40 and $2.20 while keying the $9.40 exacta, $66.40

trifecta and $330 superfecta (4-7-6-8). Cape Town Lass (Horse Chestnut [SAf]),

the 2-1 second choice, was worth $2.80 and $2.40 while Strike Me Lucky (Smart

Strike) gave back $3.20 for coming in three lengths farther back in third.

Stormin' Daina followed by another 7 1/4 lengths then came Literacy (Diesis

[GB]), My Dear Lady (Arg) (Mutakddim) and Ballistic Babe (Bates Motel). Noble

Stella (Ger) (Monsun) was withdrawn.

Angara now owns an 8-4-1-1 mark with $144,845 in lifetime earnings.

This was her first stakes victory and her second straight score since shipping to

the United States. Bred in Great Britain by Dayton Investments Ltd., the

four-year-old filly is out of Ange Bleu (Alleged), making her a full sister to

listed victress Arlesienne and a half-sibling to Group 2 heroine Actrice

(Danehill). Ange Bleu has an unraced sophomore filly named Altarejos (Vettori).