Spring Dancer wins stretch battle to prevail in the Majestic, running win streak to three

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Spring Dancer won her third consecutive race at the Oaklawn Park meet on Sunday, coming out on top after a stretch-long battle with Anakarina in the $135,000 Majestic. Spring Dancer won by a neck over Anakarina, while it was another 2 1/4 lengths back in third to Ervadean.

The Majestic was a six-furlong overnight stakes is for fillies and mares who had never won a stakes race.

Spring Dancer ($10.40) sat just off the pace set by Anakarina, who put up fractions of 22.23 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 45.56 for the half-mile on the muddy, sealed track. Spring Dancer joined Anakarina from there and the pair battled through the lane, with Spring Dancer just edging Anakarina.

The winner covered the distance in 1:09.93.

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Francisco Arrieta rode Spring Dancer for trainer Randy Morse. She won a first-level allowance Jan. 6 at Oaklawn and came back to win a second-level allowance at the track on Feb. 22 ahead of the start in the Majestic.

Later this week, Arrieta has the mount on Counting Stars in the Kentucky Oaks.

A daughter of The Big Beast, Spring Dancer races for Morse, Randy Patterson, Joe Morgan, and Sam Vogel. Her dam, Spring Included, was a two-time stakes winner at Oaklawn. Spring Dancer has now won 4 of 11 starts, and the first-place check of $78,975 for the Majestic pushed her career earnings to $334,885.

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