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touch magic wins $125,000 silverbulletday
· Infrattini Wins 4th Straight in $100,000
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NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, January 19, 2013) – Coteau Grove Farms’ Touch Magic, purchased recently by her present connections, proved herself worthy of the buy by winning Saturday’s $125,000 Silverbulletday Stakes on Road to the Derby Kickoff Day Presented by Hotel Monteleone at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots by three-quarters of a length over Iroquois Racing Club’s favored Gal About Town.
The Silverbulletday is the first leg of Fair Grounds’ three-race series for sophomore fillies that will conclude with the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks on
“She was purchased because she hadn’t done anything wrong and now she still hasn’t,” said winning trainer Pat Devereux Jr. “She came through for us today.”
Allowed to settle
“She did everything right,” said winning rider James Graham. “When I worked her a couple of weeks back she went really well and finished strong. She did again today. Perfect trip. Finished well and galloped out good.”
Touch Magic returned mutuels of $9, $4 and $2.80, increased her career earnings to $208,200 with her third victory from five career starts and toured the mile and 70-yard distance in 1:45 flat.
Gal About Town, always well placed, took command at the eighth pole, could not withstand the winner but was clearly second best, finishing a length to the good of Fox Hill Farm’s Smitten. Gal About Town returned $3.20 and $2.40 and Smitten paid $3.20 to show.
INFRATTINI PROVES BEST IN $100,000
The race is the first of a three-race series for older horses that will conclude with the Grade II New
Trained by Paul McGee and ridden by Miguel Mena, Infrattini was allowed to settle
“My boss told me to get a good break and let him run his own race,” said Mena. “This horse keeps getting better and better, but for me this was his best race.”
Infrattini returned mutuels of $7.80, $3.40 and $2.80 accomplished the 1 1/16-mile distance in 1:44.62 and increased his career earnings to $329,952 with his sixth win from 16 lifetime starts.
“We thought we’d give him a little time after his last race,” said McGee. “He was fresh today so that paid off for us.”
Mark Valeski paid $2.60 and $2.20 in the second spot, and Hurricane Ike, who made the pace with early splits of 24:88 and 49.18 before weakening against the top two, returned $4 to show after finishing a length and a half behind Mark Valeski.
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