Run Hide My Girl prevails in sloppy Gold Coast

Run Hide My Girl returned rapid dividends to her new connections when she outfought heavily favored Parc Monceau through the stretch to win Friday night’s $75,000 Gold Coast Stakes at Delta Downs.

Claimed for $20,000 on Feb. 28 by trainer Ron Faucheux on behalf of What Else Racing, the 4-year-old Run Hide My Girl ($16.20) was stretching out from 6 1/2 furlongs to a mile. She had finished a distant second to Parc Monceau nearly two months ago in the one-mile El Dorado.

Racing on a sloppy, sealed track under C.J. McMahon, Run Hide My Girl saw 2-5 favorite Parc Monceau get within a head with a furlong remaining, but repelled her bid and prevailed by three-quarters of a length in 1:39.86. It was another 3 1/4 lengths back to Handmade in third.