Our Love wires Sangue Handicap

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Our Love made every a pole a winning one Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Louisiana Downs as she wired seven rivals in the Sangue Handicap in course record time. Chitchat Chitchat finished a non-threatening second followed by starting highweight Due to Win Again.

Breaking alertly under leading rider John Jacinto, Our Love ($6.20) vied early before clearing the field the field and stepped through early fractions of :23.44 and :45.41. Still well in front after a six furlong split of 1:09.27, Jacinto merely had to keep his mount's mind on business as they crossed the wire in 1:27.96 which eclipsed the previous record of 1:28.40 that was set in 1989.

Trained by Jeff Trosclair for Alane, Inc., Our Love won for fifth time in her career and for the first time around two turns. The Sangue was her second career stakes tally after taking down the five furlong Majorette Stakes here last season. She has earned over $145,000.

When asked what prompted him to try his star filly around two turns, Trosclair commented "it was basically a matter of availability. We have entered her so many times going short; we just can't get a race to fill for her. This was about the only spot we could run her between the Lone Star race in June and a return engagement in the Majorette on October 1."