Wonder Again

Sweet Melania delivered the performance everyone expected, dominating the GIII Wonder Again S. from start to finish. Seizing the early advantage, the 6-5 chalk put up a half-mile in :47.62 with Antoinette (Hard Spun) hounding her from a close second. Showing the way into the lane, the chestnut charged clear in the lane to win as she pleased with Highland Glory (Sky Mesa) in second. "Analyzing the race beforehand, it looked as though she had a pace advantage," said Todd Pletcher. "We weren't going to put her on the lead,...

A competitive field of five is set to line up Saturday for Belmont's GIII Wonder Again S. Speaktomeofsummer (Summer Front) enters off a pair of wins and receives Lasix for the first time here. Off the board in and off-the-turf event at Monmouth in her Sept. 7 career bow, the dark bay graduated on the lawn at the Oceanport oval three weeks later. She closed out her juvenile season with a victory in Aqueduct's Chelsey Flower S. Nov. 3 and has been working steadily towards this sophomore bow. Robert and...