Sunset Ridge runs off screen and into stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sunset Ridge kept her record perfect and turned a few heads in winning a second-level New York-bred allowance by 16 3/4 lengths here Wednesday. Sent off at 1-5, she received a career-best 99 Beyer Speed Figure.

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The victory was the third in as many starts for the 3-year-old homebred daughter of Algorithms, owned by Alpha Delta Stables and trained by Chad Brown. As a result, Sunset Ridge is likely to wheel back on short rest in the 1 1/8-mile Fleet Indian Stakes on New York Showcase Day, Aug. 25.

“She’s improving, she does everything right, and I was glad to see her win as easily as she did so I can bring her back in the stakes coming up in about 16 days,” said Brown. “She’ll have no problem getting a mile and one-eighth.”

Brown said “little baby issues” kept Sunset Ridge from getting to the races until her 3-year-old season. She debuted with a one-length victory going six furlongs at Belmont Park on April 29 and five weeks later stretched to a mile to win again by 8 1/4 lengths at Belmont.