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Benefitting from a ground-saving trip and a patient ride from Luis Saez, Hot Summer slid through an opening along the rail in upper stretch and drew off to a 2 1/4-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Comely Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct.
Her Smile, who had to go five wide in the stretch, finished second, two lengths in front of Ava K., the 7-5 favorite. She was followed in the order of finish by R Holiday Mood, Mysterious Chimes, Vixen's Roar, and Royal Sighting.
It was the third win from five starts for Hot Summer, a Virginia-bred daughter of Malibu Moon owned by Harold Queen and trained by David Fawkes.
Hot Summer was coming off a 15 1/4-length loss to R Heat Lightning in the Grade 2 Davona Dale at Gulfstream on Feb. 26. Fawkes said Hot Summer stumbled and was rushed up to the lead in that race, which is not the way she prefers to run.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6317144
Her Smile, who had to go five wide in the stretch, finished second, two lengths in front of Ava K., the 7-5 favorite. She was followed in the order of finish by R Holiday Mood, Mysterious Chimes, Vixen's Roar, and Royal Sighting.
It was the third win from five starts for Hot Summer, a Virginia-bred daughter of Malibu Moon owned by Harold Queen and trained by David Fawkes.
Hot Summer was coming off a 15 1/4-length loss to R Heat Lightning in the Grade 2 Davona Dale at Gulfstream on Feb. 26. Fawkes said Hot Summer stumbled and was rushed up to the lead in that race, which is not the way she prefers to run.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6317144
