Fanshell Beach takes Riverside Rush; Cloe prevails in Hummingbird
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Fanshell Beach won the Riverside Rush on the front end, and Cloe triumphed in the Hummingbird from well off the pace in turf-stakes action Saturday at Ellis Park.
Fanshell Beach took heavy, sustained pace pressure from 100-1 shot Super Saiyajin, ran her into a last-place finish, turned back mild upper-stretch bids from second and third choices Hey Tuff Guy and Tolstoy, and hung on by a half-length over deep-closing Crack On in the $200,000 Riverside Rush.
The top two home in the Riverside Rush, which was restricted to 2-year-olds, were fillies facing males. Good to Be King finished third, a half-length behind Crack On.
Fanshell Beach ran 5 1/2 furlongs over a yielding course in 1:03.79 and paid $5.72 as the favorite. By Corniche out of Pacific Heat, by Unusual Heat, Fanshell Beach campaigns for Hat Creek Racing and is trained by Wesley Ward. She won her debut on dirt at Keeneland in April and finished a solid fourth of 21 in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Cloe ($9.32) stormed home from fifth to capture the $225,000 Hummingbird by 2 3/4 lengths over pacesetting Itzel, who held the place by a head over Lovely Emma. Big Trouble, the 9-5 favorite, finished fourth, just ahead of 5-2 second choice Buttercream Babe.
Cloe traveled nicely through the turn under Ben Curtis and really found her stride at the three-sixteenths marker, closing hard on the outside to pass the four foes in front of her and win easily, getting her 5 1/2 panels in 1:02.43.
Mike Maker trains Cloe for Lugamo Racing Stable, and Cloe is a 4-year-old daughter of Tiz the Law and Nuhood, by Smart Strike.
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