MARTHA WASHINGTON S., $125,000, Oaklawn, 2-2, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:39.82, ft.
1–POWER GAL (JPN), 118, f, 3, by Empire Maker
1st Dam: Nan (GISP, $221,974), by High Yield
2nd Dam: Trip Around Heaven, by Halo
3rd Dam: Key to Flight, by Key to the Mint
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Gary Barber; B-Paca Paca Farm (JPN);
T-Mark E. Casse; J-David Cohen. $75,000. Lifetime Record:
4-2-0-2, $126,370.
2–Marathon Queen, 115, f, 3, Super Saver–Marathon Lady, by
Graeme Hall. O/B-Alex & JoAnn Lieblong (KY); T-Steven M.
Asmussen. $25,000.
3–Taylor's Spirit, 119, f, 3, Algorithms–Spirit Rising, by Dehere.
($37,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; $80,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR).
O-Mark Norman & Norman Stables LLC; B-David Lickhalter
(KY); T-Scott Gelner. $12,500.
Margins: HF, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 3.20, 2.20, 6.00.
Also Ran: Sunset Wish, Crafty's Dream, Sheza Handfull, Arch Avenue.
The Japanese-bred Power Gal overcame a wide trip and closed into a modest pace, diving late to capture the Martha Washington S. Saturday at Oaklawn.
A rallying third debuting last April at Keeneland, the dark bay graduated off the bench in the Aqueduct mud Nov. 3 and completed the trifecta again in an optional claimer there Dec. 22. Made the third choice in this stakes debut, she broke alertly before settling in a three-wide joint third behind a :24.73 quarter. Traveling fourth as three leaders began to go at it past a :49.95 half, she advanced into contention four wide on the latter half of the far bend. Drawing alongside the leaders outside the sixteenth pole, she kept to her task late to edge pace player Marathon Queen on the wire. The winner shares a second dam with GI Del Mar Derby hero Gabriel Charles (Street Hero) and is the most recent foal out of her dam, who was second in the 2009 GI Del Mar Oaks. With the victory, Power Gal earns 10 qualifying points for the GI Kentucky Oaks. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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