Limited View overcomes slow start to win Marshua Stakes

Limited View bounced back from her ninth-place finish in the Gin Talking Stakes with a strong effort from off the pace to win the $100,000 Marshua on Saturday at Laurel Park.

Limited View was last from the gate after she broke outward at the start of the six-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies and bumped Aggregator.

Jockey Edgar Prado let Limited View gather herself and settle into stride before allowing her to advance three wide on the far turn. She took the lead outside of Off My Stage and Last True Love entering the stretch, then was smoothly and confidently handled by Prado, who kept Limited View under a hand ride while showing her the whip. He never hit the notoriously high-strung filly, who won by three-quarters of a length over Last True Love.

Limited View was timed in 1:10.99 and paid $4.80 as the second choice in the six-horse field.

"She can go either way," Prado said. "She can go to the front or come from behind. Today, she broke a little slow, and I was patient."

Enchanted Ghost rallied to finish third, a length behind Last True Love. It was three lengths farther back to Enrage in fourth. The 6-5 favorite, Enrage never fired without an obvious excuse.

Limited View, trained and co-owned by John Salzman Jr., is now 4 for 6 in her career with earnings of $237,096.

Easily excitable, Limited View threw in the towel early in her prior start after racing down along the inside of the seven-furlong Gin Talking. She was beaten 23 lengths in the worst performance of her career.

"She's getting better and better," Salzman said. "The other day was just circumstance."

Salzman said he would keep Limited View racing in Maryland for the time being but might skip the $100,000 Wide Country on Feb. 17.

"It's three weeks," he said. "We did that last time, and it might have been part of the problem."