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2008 Kentucky Cup Day

By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com

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Sugar Mom wins the 2008 Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies

Sugar Mom wins the 2008 Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies

Sugar Mom wins the 2008 Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies

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The first stakes race on Saturday was the $100,000 Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies for 2-year-old fillies at 1 mile. Bold Union was the 9-5 favorite over 5-2 Juliet's Spirit. Bold Union battled for the lead with Saxxy Rose Lee through fractions of 23.56, 46.32, and 1:11.32. Bold Union tired from this battle allowing the longshot to open up a 1 1/2 length lead in midstretch, but the fast pace set the race up for the closers, as 7-2 third choice Sugar Mom, seventh at the half, came out wide into the stretch to get the lead at the 1/16 pole, holding off Complicity in the final yards to get the win by a length in 1:37.86. It was 2 3/4 lengths back to Saxxy Rose Lee third.

Winning jockey Manny Aguilar said, "She runs well from behind, so that's where I put her. She's definitely a distance horse that can get more ground. This is my first time here and it's nice to win this race."

Trainer Wayne Catalano added, "We thought with the speed the race would set up good for her. She had a great post position. It looked like on paper that the speed would start backing up at the quarter-pole and then we'd start getting into the race around the same time. That's exactly how it worked out. Any time you have a horse good enough to be considered for the Breeders' Cup, you have to think about it. We'll talk it over with Mr. (Frank, owner) Calabrese and see what the filly tells us."
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