Aint She Tempting wins blanket finish in Golden State Derby

Aint She Tempting won her first stakes since March 2020 in a three-horse photo in Sunday’s $197,700 Golden State Derby at Los Alamitos.

Ridden by Jose Nicasio, Aint She Tempting ($3.80) was always prominent through the 400 yards and won by a head over 2-1 Reason to Fly MV from the outside post. College Scandal (5-1) ran well from the inside post to finish third, a head behind Reason to Fly MV, who raced from post 5. The first three finishers all looked as if they could win in the final 100 yards.

Aint She Tempting was timed in 19.92 seconds. She overcame a slight bump with the longshot EG Domingo at the start, but recovered quickly to race within a neck of early leader College Scandal in the first 100 yards.

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Aint She Tempting races for Julianna Hawn Holt and trainer Monty Arrossa. A filly by Tempting Dash, Aint She Tempting won the Oklahoma Futurity at Remington Park in March 2020, but was later second in the Heritage Place Futurity at Remington. Last fall, Aint She Tempting qualified to two major futurities at Los Alamitos, finishing second in the Golden State Million and seventh in the Los Alamitos Two Million.

Earlier this year, Aint She Tempting was second to stablemate Apollitical Patty in the Los Alamitos Oaks. Apollitical Patty failed to qualify for the Golden State Derby after unseating jockey Jesus Ayala at the start of a time trial on July 25.

Aint She Tempting was second by a neck to College Scandal in a time trial for the Golden State Derby. Aint She Tempting has won 5 of 12 starts and earned $727,426.