Indescribable flies late in Cardinal

Indescribable (outside) just got up at the wire (Ed Van Meter/Horsephotos.com)

Courtlandt Farms' homebred INDESCRIBABLE (Pleasant Tap) put her best foot

forward inside the final furlong to catch Long Approach (Broad Brush) and

capture the $113,400

Cardinal H. (G3) over the yielding Churchill turf course on

Saturday. Breaking from the widest post and showing no speed early, the

four-year-old chestnut was content to sit toward the rear until the stretch,

when jockey Kent Desormeaux asked her for her best. The filly finished off nine

panels on the lawn in 1:55 3/5 and rewarded backers with mutuels of $15.40,

$8.40 and $5.40 at 6-1 for trainer Bill Mott.

Long Approach was always well positioned and looked home free until the final

jumps, falling a head short at nearly 9-1. The runner-up gave back $8.40 and

$4.80 while finishing off the $199 exacta. Kiss With a Twist (Lemon Drop Kid)

took a small lead turning for home and finished well to be third, 1 3/4 lengths

ahead of her closest foe. The 11-1 shot was worth $6.20 and completed the

$2,322.60 trifecta. The 10-3-9-5 superfecta was good for a healthy $9,549.20

with 2-1 favorite Callwood Dancer (Ire) (Danehill Dancer) tiring to fourth after

leading to the top of the lane. Sousaphone (Stravinsky) was next and followed by

5-2 second choice Lady Digby (Grand Slam), Meribel (Peaks and Valleys), Ciao

(Lear Fan), Ballymore Lady (War Chant) and Queendom (Monarchos).

Indescribable earned her second graded win of the season, previously triumphing in the Arlington Matron H. (G3), and improved her career line to

16-5-1-4, $332,595 with this win. The four-year-old also finished third in this

year's Go For Wand H. (G1) and Doubledogdare S. (G3).