Miss Macy Sue scores upset in Carousel

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Miss Macy Sue ran to the seven consecutive bullet works she had fired at Oaklawn Park for her season debut, when she overtook True Tails inside the final furlong for a six-length win in the track's $50,000 Carousel Stakes. Wildcat Bettie B, the 3-5 favorite making her first start since October, raced five wide around the turn and finished third, 1 3/4 lengths behind True Tails.

Miss Macy Sue ($24.40) sat about a length off pacesetter True Tails, who led the field through an opening quarter-mile in 21.55 seconds in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares. Miss Macy Sue continued to track True Tails through a half-mile in 44.60 seconds, then overtook that one in the stretch and went on to cover the distance over a track rated good in 1:10.29

Eddie Razo Jr. rode the winner for trainer Kelly Von Hemel.

Miss Macy Sue earned $30,000 for the win, which was her first in a stakes. She has now won 5 of 12 starts and $155,460. Miss Macy Sue is a 4-year-old filly by Trippi and she races for Roll Reroll Stables.

* Oaklawn will race 54 days in 2008, from Jan. 18 to April 12. The track's dates were approved during an Arkansas Racing Commission meeting on Saturday. The meet will open with a four-day holiday weekend, and will continue to race mostly four days a week until March 19, when the track picks up Wednesdays.