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Starlight Partners and C.E. Glasscock's Hilda's Passion carried her speed to a facile victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Inside Information Stakes at Gulfstream Park and established a new track record in the process, turning seven furlongs in 1:20.45. After breaking on top, the Todd Pletcher-trained filly led by nearly two lengths through opening splits of :22 and :44 1/5, and she widened her advantage in the stretch, passing the six-furlong mark in 1:07 4/5 en route to a 5 1/4-length decision beneath Javier Castellano.
Hilda's Passion bettered the 1:20.88 mark set by champion sprinter Big Drama in 2009.
"I know she has a lot of speed. What I really liked about today was how she went to the lead but she was so relaxed," said Castellano, who opened a two-win margin over Velazquez in the jockeys' standing with his third winner of the afternoon. "She was really comfortable and when I asked her, it was amazing. She just took off. I knew she was going to run fast, I didn't know she was going to break the track record."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6237641
Hilda's Passion bettered the 1:20.88 mark set by champion sprinter Big Drama in 2009.
"I know she has a lot of speed. What I really liked about today was how she went to the lead but she was so relaxed," said Castellano, who opened a two-win margin over Velazquez in the jockeys' standing with his third winner of the afternoon. "She was really comfortable and when I asked her, it was amazing. She just took off. I knew she was going to run fast, I didn't know she was going to break the track record."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6237641
