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A Bit o'Irish Sass handy winner of New York Oaks

Nicole Russo|Jul 26, 2021

A Bit o'Irish Sass wins the 2021 New York Oaks at Finger Lakes Racetrack

SV Photography Reylu Gutierezz has A Bit o'Irish Sass in hand as she cruises to the finish line, a 4 1/2-length winner of the New York Oaks on Monday.

A Bit o’Irish Sass, under local native Reylu Gutierrez, prevailed in a scratch-depleted field of four to take the $75,000 New York Oaks on Monday at Finger Lakes.

A Bit o’Irish Sass ($7.20) shipped in from Saratoga to make her stakes debut for Rick Schosberg. In her previous outing, on July 2, the filly, who is from the first crop of Laoban, broke her maiden going 1 1/16 miles at Belmont.

A Bit o’Irish Sass dueled with A Life That’s Good through a moderate opening half-mile of 48.05. She put A Life That’s Good away nearing the quarter pole and drew off handily in the lane to win by 4 1/2 lengths while wrapped up, finishing the 1 1/16 miles in 1:47.77.

U Guys Are No Fun was second by a half-length over Destinationwnrscir, with A Life That’s Good fading to last. Laobanonaprayer, Laura’s Bellamy, and Scott Alaia were scratched.

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Gutierrez, a native of Rochester, N.Y., scored his first career victory at Finger Lakes, located about 30 minutes from Rochester in Farmington, in 2017.

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