 Frank Stronach with his Filly and Mare Turf winner Perfect Sting. |
Dateline: 11/04/00
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The Europeans were out again in full force for this 1 3/8 mile turf
event, with the Prix de l'Opera winner Petrushka heavily backed at odds
of 7-5. She was coming into the race with a three-race win streak, all
of which were in Group 1 company. Second choice in the wagering was
Frank Stronach's Perfect Sting at 5-1, who finished sixth in this event
last year at Gulfstream Park and was coming into this race with 4 wins
and 1 second in 5 starts for the year.
 Maltese Superb leads the way by the first time with Collect the Cash and Tranquility Lake just behind. |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 8 Perfect Sting Bailey 12.00 6.20 4.60 2 Tout Charmant McCarron 14.00 9.60 13 Catella Desormeaux 7.20 Winning Time: 2:13.07 $2 Exacta 8-2 127.80 $2 Trifecta 8-2-13 2,810.40 $1 Superfecta 8-2-13-9 8,076.80Results Chart from Equibase
Perfect Sting heads to victory with Tout Charmant in close pursuit.
Trainer Joe Orseno congratulates Jerry Bailey on the ride. He said: "She's lovely to train. Mr. Stronach gave me the tools and all I had to do was manage her." He added that she will rest in Ocala and will be back next year.
Her owner Frank Stronach leading her to the winner's circle. He said: "Perfect Sting. It's an appropriate name. With this win today she deserves to be named champion turf mare in America. Today she proved she was the best filly. Joe [Orseno] has done a great job. I give Joe the horses and Joe does the job.".
The celebration in the winner's circle.
Trainer Joe Orseno taking Perfect Sting to the paddock for saddling.
Perfect Sting in the post parade. Her jockey Jerry Bailey said: "There was more speed than I thought and I didn't think she'd go a mile and three-eighths, but she sure proved it. I tried to save her for the extra furlong. She likes to win. That's why her record shows a lot of noses. Every time they came to her she gave me a little more."
Second place finisher Tout Charmant in the post parade. Her jockey Chris McCarron said: "Take [Maltese Superb's jockey] came out of the starting gate like a Quarter Horse. I would have been a fool to go
with him. Jerry Bailey got the edge on me on the turn and went ahead." Trainer Ron McAnally added: "On the turn, if she had been able to get out in time she would have given the winner a run for their
money. But that one got the jump on us, and that was the race."
Third place finisher Catella in the post parade. Her trainer Peter Schiergen said: "She had a good start and was running well, but at the 3/8 pole the jockey had to pull up. If not for that I think we would have been closer." Jockey Kent Desormeaux added: "I had to snatch her up (at the 3/8 pole) and she had plenty of momentum at the time. I think it cost me the race. As soon as her feet hit the ground after the incident she was flying at them again."
7-5 favorite Petrushka who finished fifth. Her jockey Johnny Murtagh said: "She was never really travelling well today. Usually she is very generous but she just never kicked it in today. She had no problems with the ground." Trainer Michael Stoute added, "She got slightly impeded in the straight but she just didn't quicken when she got the gap. She wouldn't have won."
The race was marred by tragedy as Spanish Fern was pulled up by jockey
Victor Espinoza soon after the start and was vanned off. He said "She
was good in the gate. As soon as it opened, she wanted to go fast, then
I heard something crack in the left part of her back." She was taken to
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, suffering from a fractured
pelvis which ruptured an internal blood vessel, and died that evening
despite efforts to stabilize her with intravenous fluid, blood volume
replacement, and corticosteroids. Here she is heading to the paddock before the fatal race.
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