Let Them Watch surges in Sharp Susan
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Let Them Watch was a sharp winner of the $65,000 Sharp Susan on Sunday, when she raced with the pace and went on to a 2 3/4-length win over Kiss in the Gulfstream Park feature for 2-year-old fillies.
It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Epona’s Hope.
Let Them Watch ($3.60) was favored on the strength of her more than six-length win over maiden special weight rivals earlier in the meet at Gulfstream Park. She broke next to last Sunday and moved up to track leader Avellino through an opening quarter in 21.90 seconds. Let Them Watch took over from there, and after a half-mile in 45.34 went on to cover six furlongs on a fast track in 1:12.73.
Hector Diaz Jr. was aboard for trainer Mike Maker.
“When I was working her, I thought she didn’t need to be on the lead,” Diaz told publicity at Gulfstream. “But she has so much speed that she gets it. She got a little tired late because we moved a little early. I think she’s going to keep improving.”
Case Chambers owns Let Them Watch, a daughter of Maximus Mischief who is now 2 for 2.
*Jon Rivera won the first race of his career Sunday when he guided Pesky ($9.80) to victory in the second race. The win came in his fifth start, according to Gulfstream. Rivera is a 22-year-old native of Puerto Rico.
*The Rainbow 6 jackpot will have a minimum guaranteed pool of $425,000 when racing resumes Friday, Gulfstream announced. The 20-cent bet will run on races 3-8.
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