Colby up late to win Dickie Moore Stakes

At the top of the short Charles Town homestretch, four 2-year-old fillies had any sort of chance to win the $100,000 Dickie Moore Stakes. Colby would’ve easily been the longest price among them at that moment.

Colby had led early, pressed the pace in the middle of the Dickie Moore, and past the quarter-pole, as Dixie Heart and Majestic Edge broke into the clear, looked like she was done. Yet no sooner had Colby slumped nearly out of contention that she sparked suddenly to life, finding her best stride under Jose Ortiz through the final furlong to get up and win the Dickie Moore by three-quarters of a length.

Majestic Edge, who set the pace at odds of 15-1, hung stubbornly around but was edged by a nose for second by Gifted Heart. Stickingtogether, the 7-5 favorite, finished fourth without ever reaching contention.

Colby ($7.60) was coming off a second-start Monmouth maiden win for the D J Stable and trainer John Servis, and she coped better Saturday night with the Moore’s two-turn, seven-furlong trip than the pair she ran down late.

Colby, a $440,000 auction buy, is by Super Saver and out of Macha, by Majestic Warrior. She was timed in 1:27.52 over a track surface upgraded from sloppy to muddy for the Dickie Moore.

Yorkiepoo wears Pink Ribbon

Yorkiepoo Princess ($7), always in the bridle for Jose Ortiz, pressed the pace and wore down leader Classy Act through the homestretch to win the $75,000 Pink Ribbon Stakes by two lengths. Trained by Claudio Gonzalez (who took over the mare’s training late this summer) for owner Danny Chen, Yorkiepoo Princess ran a two-turn, seven furlongs in 1:25.21. Classy Act, who never looked especially comfortable though she was the 17-10 favorite, held second by a nose over Mess’n Around. Five-year-old Yorkiepoo Princess, by Kantharos out of Kickapoo Princess, by Unreal Zeal, won for the first time in seven starts this season.