Turfway Breeders' Cup

Casa De Caballos' BEAUTIFUL BETS (Alphabet Soup) ranged up on the outside

turning for home and closed strongly to annex the $128,500

Turfway Breeders' Cup

S. (G3) by a neck on Saturday. Trained by Glenn Wismer, the six-year-old gray

rated patiently in midpack through the early stages under Willie Martinez before

putting in her winning run, finishing off the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 3/5. The mare

was disregarded at 15-1 odds and rewarded her backers with mutuels of $33.20,

$11.40 and $5.80, while topping the healthy exotics of $196 (exacta), $1647.20

(trifecta) and $2391.80 ($1 superfecta).

La Reason (Labeeb [GB]) was content to race well off the pace early but

closed very well to garner the place, worth $4.80 and $3.40 at 4-1. Pacesetter

Slew Peg (Fusaichi Pegasus) stayed on gamely in the stretch but could not match

strides with the top pair late, paying $4.60 for the show at 6-1. Splendid

Blended (Unbridled's Song), the 7-5 choice in the large field, had no answer

late and finished off the superfecta while 5 1/2 lengths farther back.

Sister Star (Langfuhr) was next and followed by Prospective Saint (Saint

Ballado), Victoire Bataille (Military), Darluna (Premiership), Pentelicus Dance

(Ecu)

(Pentelicus) and Tappin For Gold (Pleasant Tap). Stop a Train (Devil His Due),

Island Escape (Petionville) and Soul Search (A.P. Indy) were withdrawn.

Beautiful Bets earned her second career stakes win in this one, first of

which was graded, and upped her career line to 44-7-8-9, $365,412. Among her nine black-type top three

finishes, the hard-trying mare has placed in the Shirley Jones Breeders' Cup H. (G2), Hurricane

Bertie H. (G3) and Seaway S. (Can-G3).

Bred in the Bluegrass State by Tri County Stables, the winner fetched a bid

of $22,000 at the 2002 OBS June Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. She was produced

from the El Prado (Ire) mare Summerfest and counts an unnamed yearling filly by

Citidancer as a half-sister.