5th-Parx Racing, $46,000, Msw, 4-1, 3yo, 7f, 1:24.77, ft.
BETHLEHEM ROAD (c, 3, Quality Road–Alydarla {GSP, $150,650}, by Henny Hughes) showed some quick local works for his debut Monday at Parx and ran to them with a sharp wire-to-wire score. Drilling a half-mile from the gate in :46 3/5 (1/47) back in January, the bay had a trio of encouraging three-panel breezes recently, capped by a spin in :35 flat here (1/6) Mar. 28, and took some nibbles to be 67-10 as the lone firster in this group. Away in good order from his rail draw, the homebred was put on the engine and dictated terms through splits of :22.92 and :46.57. Traveling well on the turn as others were put to all-out drives, Bethlehem Road never looked a loser in the lane and hit the wire 4 1/4 lengths to the good of War Tocsin (Violence), who was another 8 1/2 lengths clear for the place. The winner's dam placed in three stakes and was picked up by Don Ameche for $75,000 at Keeneland November in 2013. Her juvenile City Zip filly sold for the same price tag to Blue Devil Stable at KEESEP and she produced a filly by Malibu Moon last term before visiting Outwork. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $27,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Don Ameche, III, Griffin Investments & Randall B. Reed; B-Gryphon Investments, LLC, Don Ameche III & Randy Reed (KY); T-Dee Curry.
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