By
Frank Cotolo, for Breeders Crown
ANDERSON,
Ind. – Rainbow Room, with David Miller in the sulky, won the first of two
eliminations
of the Breeders Crown 2-year-old Filly Pace at Hoosier Park Friday night in
1:52.3.
Trained
by Joe Holloway for owners Crawford Farms Racing, Val D’Or Farms and Theodore
Gewertz,
and breeder Vieux Carre Farms, Rainbow Room drew away in the stretch to win by
3
lengths.
Rainbow
Room (Somebeachsomewhere-Rainbow Blue) left brightly with Firestorm and Percy
Bluechip
but overtook that pair to get to the top and stay there through fractions of
:26.3, :56
and
1:24.1, staying in full control to the wire.
Firestorm,
who followed third most of the way, was all out to take second. Come See The
Show
came
up the rail for third. Majorsspeciallady was fourth with Rock On Ladys fifth.
“I
was worried about cutting the whole mile but she still had pace at the end,”
said Holloway.
Rainbow
Room was the 6-5 favorite, paying $4.60 and goes to the final with a career
bankroll
of
$359,624.
