G W's Girl nails Shisospicy in deep stretch to take Mockingbird Stakes
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – G W’s Girl made her dirt debut a memorable one, when she closed through the stretch to catch 2-5 favorite Shisospicy and win the $150,000 Mockingbird by length at Oaklawn Park. It was another 5 1/4 lengths back in third to Chatter.
The six-furlong race, which shared a card with the $250,000 Smarty Jones, was restricted to 3-year-old fillies. The track was fast on an overcast afternoon in the low 40s.
G W’s Girl ($12.80) made her first two starts on turf, winning her debut in a maiden special weight at Delaware Park. She then faced males when a close fifth at Keeneland in the Indian Summer won by Governor Sam, eventual third-place finisher in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.
“She’s a class filly, she showed that today,” winning trainer Greg Compton said in an interview conducted by Oaklawn. “Surface doesn’t matter.”
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G W’s Girl was content sit in fourth as Lady Crush jumped out to the lead at the start of the Mockingbird and ran the opening quarter in 21.60 seconds, with Shisospicy in close pursuit.
G W’s Girl advanced on the turn as Shisospicy took command through a half-mile in 45.49 seconds. The eventual winner came into the stretch three wide and ran down the leader, while covering the distance in 1:10.44.
Francisco Arrieta was aboard for Mag Racing.
G W’s Girl has now won 2 of 3 starts and the first-place check of $81,000 on Saturday pushed her earnings to $110,475. She is a daughter of Munnings.
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