Hotshot Anna repeats in Satin and Lace; Winston's Chance finally wins Genesee Valley Breeders at Finger Lakes
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Hotshot Anna made a successful return to Presque Isle Downs on Monday night, cruising to a 1 1/4-length repeat victory in the $100,000 Satin and Lace Stakes for female sprinters. The race is a prep for the Grade 2, $400,000 Presque Isle Masters, the track’s signature race, on Sept. 16.
Sent away favored, Hotshot Anna ($3.20) was second, a length behind leader Shanghai Tariff, through a sharp half mile in 45.21 seconds. When given her cue by jockey Antonio Gallardo, she inhaled the leader, opened up in the lane, and was never seriously threatened to the wire. She finished the six furlongs on the synthetic track in 1:09.14.
Spring in the Wind closed from last in the field of seven to finish second, 4 1/2 lengths clear of the fading Shanghai Tariff.
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Hotshot Anna, a 5-year-old Trappe Shot mare owned and trained by Hugh Robertson, now sports a career record of 21-9-6-1 with earnings of $623,440. She came to prominence last season while winning four consecutive races to end the year, including a 5 3/4-length score in the Grade 3 Chicago Handicap, a 3 3/4-length win in the Satin and Lace, and finally, a 4 1/4-length victory in the Masters.
Hotshot Anna was away from the races for nine months after winning the Masters, returning to finish second in the Chicago Handicap in June. She then won an optional-claiming race at Arlington Park before returning to Pennsylvania.
Finger Lakes: Winston’s Chance finally wins Genesee Valley Breeders’
Elsewhere in the region on Monday, favored Winston's Chance ($3.30) rolled by 2 3/4 lengths in the $50,000 Genesee Valley Breeders' Stakes at Finger Lakes. Winston’s Chance had finished second in the Genesee Valley Breeders’ in both 2017 and 2018.
The field scratched down to five horses with the withdrawals of Uncle Sigh, Blugrascat's Smile, and Invaluable Will.
Winston's Chance, who finished the 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.35 under Nazario Alvarado, is trained by Debra Breed.
The gelding won last year's Leon Reed Memorial Stakes at Finger Lakes, and came into Monday's race off a third in the Evan Shipman Stakes at Saratoga. Overall, he has won or placed in six stakes in his career.