Fireball Baby takes second consecutive Lady Fog Horn

Fireball Baby won the $150,000 Lady Fog Horn at Indiana Grand for the second year in a row Saturday, when she slipped through on the rail into the stretch and went on to a four-length victory over Diamond Solitaire.

It was another 1 3/4 lengths back in third to Expect Indy.

The Lady Fog Horn, a 1 1/16-mile race for Indiana-bred or Indiana-sired fillies and mares, was one of the highlights of Indiana Champions Day. The program featured four restricted stakes for Thoroughbreds and five for Quarter Horses.

Fireball Baby ($5.40) came into the Lady Fog Horn off a runner-up finish to Piedi Bianchi, the New York-based runner who ranks as one of the richest Indiana-breds of all-time with a current bankroll of $823,497. The pair met at Indiana Grand in the $150,000 Cardinal.

It was run in the slop, and Fireball Baby caught the same conditions Saturday. She settled in fourth behind Expect Indy, who took the field through fractions of 23.73 seconds for the opening quarter, 48.40 for the half-mile and 1:14.28 for six furlongs. Fireball Baby advanced on the final turn, got through on the rail heading into the stretch, and powered home while covering the distance in 1:47.69.

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Marcelino Pedroza Jr. was aboard for trainer Philip Bauer.

Earlier this meet, Fireball Baby won the $101,000 Hoosier Heartland by 5 1/4 lengths Sept. 15.

Fireball Baby is a daughter of Noble’s Promise who was bred in Indiana by her owners, Rigney Racing. She’s now won 7 of 24 starts and went over a half-million in earnings Saturday. The first-place check of $84,600 pushed her bankroll to $537,613.

Pedroza had a second stakes winner on the card when he guided Unbridled Victory ($6.40) to a length win over Everything’s Rosy in the $100,000 Indiana Stallion Stakes. The race was for 2-year-old fillies at six furlongs. Unbridled Victory covered the distance over a sloppy, sealed track in 1:12.80. Bernie Flint trains the daughter of Unbridled Express for Miles Childers, L.T.B. Inc., and Ed Wright Cattle Company.

* Cash Logistics ($2.80), a son of Unbridled Express, improved his record at the current meet to 4 for 6 with his 5 3/4-length win in the $150,000 Unaccounted Star. The race was for 3-year-olds and up over 1 1/16 miles. Cash Logistics tracked fractions of 24.48 seconds for the opening quarter, 48.97 for the half-mile, and took over through six furlongs in 1:13.75. He went on to win in hand, while covering the distance in 1:45.32. Alex Achard rode the winner for James and Charlie Hancock and trainer Genevieve Londono.

* Mr Chaos ($3.40) backed up his seven-length debut win with a stakes victory in the $100,000 Crown Ambassador, a six-furlong race for 2-year-olds. He won by a 1 3/4 lengths over Too Bad Justice. Rodney Prescott was aboard the winner, who closed from off the pace to cover the distance in 1:12.49. Robert Dobbs Jr. trains the son of Turbo Compressor for Ken Sentel and Judy Dorris.