Magic Attitude pulls away in stretch to win Sheepshead Bay

Magic Attitude came from well off a dawdling pace to win the Grade 2, $200,000 Sheepshead Bay for fillies and mares going away on Saturday at Belmont Park.

The fourth winner on the card for jockey Trevor McCarthy, Magic Attitude trailed the six-horse field down the backstretch, racing about six lengths off the lead. Antoinette set fractions of 25.27 seconds, 51.03, and 1:17.05 in the 1 3/8-mile turf event, before Always Shopping joined her up front on the far turn.

After saving ground, Magic Attitude ($11) began to mount what turned out to be an explosive wide rally entering the stretch. She went on to score by three lengths, in a time of 2:14.32 over the firm ground.

Mutamakina outran Always Shopping by a half-length for second. My Sister Nat, Antoinette, and Orglandes completed the order of finish.

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Trained by Arnaud Delacour, Magic Attitude won her only other local start last September in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational, which was her first start outside of France. Bred in Great Britain, the 4-year-old Galileo filly earned $110,000 for Lael Stables.