By Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON, KY—World champion
Warrawee Ubeaut returned to the site of her 1:48.3 record-setting mile and
exited a 1:48.3 winner in the $216,000 Glen Garnsey Memorial—sponsored by the
Sweet Lou Syndicate and Diamond Creek Farm—on
Saturday, Oct. 5 at The Red Mile.
Sent
the 1-9 favorite, Warrawee Ubeaut raced fifth to a :26.2 first quarter set by
Beautyonthebeach, who soon yielded control to Treacherous Reign heading to the
backside. Driver Yannick Gingras tipped Warrawee Ubeaut first over passing a
:53.2 half and advanced towards the pacesetter approaching three-quarters in
1:21.3.
Treacherous
Reign folded straightening for the finish while Warrawee Ubeaut swooped to
command. Queen Of The Pride snuck into contention off a pylon trip to finish
second, two lengths behind, while Stonebridge Soul rallied from last at 100-1
to take third.
“I’m
not sure how fast she could’ve gone if I let her loose,” Gingras said after the
race. “[There’re] still a lot of big races left and we are not racing the
clock—we’re going to race the other horses. She’s very good right now honestly.
I’d love to get her against an aged mare right now—I’m not saying she’s going
to beat Shartin but I’d love to get Timmy [Tetrick] to untuck his whip anyway.
“Right
now [trip] doesn’t matter,” Gingras also said. “I could come first up—I just
don’t want to be too far back that’s the only thing; I don’t want to run out of
racetrack. I’m super confident in the filly and she’s in great form right now.
A tremendous job the whole Burke Brigade did with her—in the paddock she used
to be a handful [but] she’s relaxed now in the winner’s circle; a complete
different filly from what we had last year.”
A
three-year-old filly by Sweet Lou, Warrawee Ubeaut won her 17th race
from 27 starts, earning $1,283,393 for owners Burke Racing Stable, Phillip
Collura, J&T Silva-Purnel & Libby and Weaver Bruscemi. Ron Burke trains
the Warrawee Farm-bred filly who paid $2.20 to win.
Grand
Circuit action concludes at The Red Mile on Sunday, Oct. 6 with the 127th
renewal of the Kentucky Futurity, which goes as a single heat with a field of
12 for $450,000. The 54th Kentucky Filly Futurity also goes as a
single dash with an 11-horse draw for $267,000. Two divisions of the $540,000
Tattersalls Pace, the $69,500 Allerage Farms Fillies and Mares Trot and $87,000
Allerage Farms Fillies and Mares Pace will also go on the eight-race card.
Racing gets underway for the season finale with first-race post at 1:00 p.m.
(EDT).
