Oliviaofthedesert makes Trapeze first stakes win

Oliviaofthedesert nailed her first stakes win in dramatic fashion Friday night at Remington Park, when she won a three-way photo in the $60,000 Trapeze.

Simply Sovereign and Tiz Splendid News finished in a dead heat for second in the one-mile race for 2-year-old fillies.

The Trapeze was one of six stakes featuring the $200,000 Springboard Mile won by Senor Buscador ($9.40).

Oliviaofthedesert ($4.20) was the third stakes winner on the card for Remington leading rider David Cabrera and the second stakes winner on the program for trainer Ken McPeek. The men also teamed to win the $75,000 She’s All In with Jeweled Princess.

Oliviaofthedesert came into the Trapeze off an allowance win at Churchill Downs. She settled off the pace set by Tiz Splendid News, who laid down fractions of 23.94 seconds for the opening quarter, 47.89 for the half-mile and 1:12.93 for six furlongs.

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Oliviaofthedesert advanced on the final turn, then shuttled up the rail to join the battling Tiz Splendid News and Simply Sovereign nearing the wire. The photo finish light was hit and not long afterward Oliviaofthedesert was declared a head winner over the dead-heat pair of Simply Sovereign and Tiz Splendid News. They finished seven lengths in front of fourth-place finisher Cecile’s Chapter.

Oliviaofthedesert covered the mile on a fast track in 1:39.39.

Oliviaofthedesert is a daughter of Bernardini who races for Susan Moulton. She has now won 3 of 7 starts and has earned $181,822.

Jeweled Princess put in a bold rally up the rail to win the She’s All In by a head over a fast-closing Istan Council. It was another 1 1/4 lengths back to Kim K in third.

The winner covered the one-mile and 70 yards for fillies and mares in 1:42.85.

Jeweled Princess ($12) was content to let the pace go, racing along the rail as Simple Pleasure set fractions of 24.03 seconds for the opening quarter, 47.39 for the half-mile and 1:11.84 for six furlongs. Jeweled Princess advanced on the final turn and in the stretch darted through a seam along the rail to claim the lead.

“When I asked her, she didn’t hesitate,” Cabrera said in a post-race interview broadcast by Remington.

McPeek trains Jeweled Princess for Walking L Thoroughbreds. She is a 3-year-old daughter of Cairo Prince and won her fourth race and first stakes Friday.

Cabrera and Dipping In ($9.40) shot up the rail to win the $70,000 Useeit by a length over Polly Tiz. It was another half-length back to She’s All Wolfe in third. The winner covered the mile for 3-year-old fillies bred in Oklahoma in 1:40.69. The daughter of Lea races for owner Ron Stolich and is trained by Ray Ashford, Jr.

Cabrera won a total of four races on the card Friday.

** Hunka Burning Love ($5.40) set the pace and prevailed in the $60,000 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial, winning by 2 3/4 lengths over Summer Revolution. Hunka Burning Love took the field through six furlongs in 1:11.33 and had more in the drive, covering one-mile and 70 yards in 1:42.49. Ramon Vazquez was aboard for End Zone Athletics and trainer Karl Broberg. Earlier in the meet, Hunka Burning Love, who is by Into Mischief, won the Governor’s Cup.

** Dont Tell Noobody ($5) came rolling down the center of the track to win his second stakes race of the meet in the $70,000 Jim Thorpe. He covered the one mile for 3-year-olds bred in Oklahoma in 1:39.50. Dont Tell Noobody, who in October won the $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup, captured the Jim Thorpe by three-quarters of a length over Great Faces. Sophie Doyle was aboard Dont Tell Noobody, a son of Cyber Secret who is owned by Danny Caldwell and trained by Federico Villafranco.

** Senor Buscador, Oliviaofthedesert, Jeweled Princess and Dont Tell Noobody all broke from the rail in their stakes, while Hunka Burning Love broke from post 2. The night's six stakes were all run around two turns.