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.

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