Stayers' Watch: Orchid Handicap · 1.04.08
Oops — I almost totally forgot about the Orchid Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up, run on March 30 at 1 1/2 miles on the Gulfstream Park turf course.
Ridden by John Velasquez, the 5-year-old mare Hostess defeated seven other mares and fillies. She finished 1 1/4 lengths ahead of the favoured Mauralakana in a sharp time of 2:25.83. Herboriste was another 3 lengths back in third. Get this: if the fractions on the race chart are correct, the final half was run in 46.6 seconds, and the final quarter 23.24 — excellent final fractions for a stayers’ race. What a finishing kick from the top two!
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