Hooh Why, Tazz capture Illinois Owners divisions

Hooh Why, who paid $35, $10.40 and $4, improved her mark to 31-8-6-7,

$829,543. Perhaps best remembered for garnering the 2009 Ashland S. (G1), she

has now won or placed in a total of 15 stakes.

In the $61,800

open

division, the Christine Janks-trained Tazz found an opening near the

eighth-pole and drew off to win the 1 1/16-mile turf race by 1 1/4 lengths in

1:44 1/5 under Seth Martinez. It was the second stakes win for the

five-year-old, who captured the Black Tie Affair H. two starts back on June 25. 

"Rob told me to sit and wait for an opening," Martinez said. "I was fortunate

enough to get out from there and he took off."

Pacesetter Exchanging Kisses (Exchange Rate) held second by a neck from 5-2

favorite Cool C Note (Bernstein), who was third in the eight-horse field.

Tazz returned $10.40, $4.60 and $3.60 as the 4-1 third choice and advanced

his line to 22-8-3-4, $262,101.

In the second annual

Legends race pitting Arlington's Fab Five against four Legends of the Saddle

(it was to be five but one horse to be ridden by a legend was scratched), Junior

Alvarado's victory aboard Dean Caras' TOP PAIR (City Zip) gave the Fab Five a

25-14 win over the Legends based on a sliding point scale. 

For the second year in a row, Hall of Fame rider Earlie Fires finished second

in the race.