Trick's Pic pulls away in Tuzla

Trick's Pic earned her first stakes win in the Tuzla (Benoit Photo)

Joseph Lacombe's homebred TRICK'S PIC (Favorite Trick) commenced her run

approaching the final turn and spurted away in the stretch to take down the

$110,300 Tuzla H. (G3) over the firm Santa Anita turf on Saturday. Saddled for

the first time by Doug O' Neill, the dark bay settled well off the swift early

pace established by a trio of fillies, moved into contention nearing the last

turn and flew home to score going off by two lengths under Victor

Espinoza. The mare clocked the one-mile grassy affair in 1:35 and rewarded

backers with mutuels of $14.40, $7.40 and $5 at 6-1.

I Can See (Flying Chevron) was last early but finished full of run to garner

the place spot at 21-1, paying $18.80 and $8.80 while completing the $103.60

exacta ($1) in the process. Good Mood (Ire) (Danehill Dancer), the lukewarm 5-2

favorite, rallied from well off the pace but could not match strides with the

top pair while finishing third. Show paid $3.60 and the trifecta was worth

$514.10 ($1). The $1 superfecta returned $3,639.60 with Shermeen (Ire) (Desert

Style) rounding out the top four at 16-1. Audacious Chloe (More Than Ready) was

next and trailed by pacesetter Unspoken Word (Catienus), Political Web (Petionville)

and Live Life (Fr) (Linamix), while Private Banking (Fr) (Anabaa) was withdrawn.

Trick's Pic earned her initial black-type score in this one to improve her

career line to 20-5-2-3, $260,288. The five-year-old placed in a trio of stakes

in 2007, comprising the Matchmaker S. (G3), Gallorette H. (G3) and Swingtime S.