Top Flight upsetter Exotic West may move on to DuPont Distaff at Pimlico

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Trainer Gary Sciacca on Wednesday morning was still enjoying the spoils of Exotic West’s three-quarter-length victory as the longest shot on the board in Sunday’s $100,000 Top Flight Invitational.

If you don’t count her losing her rider at the start of the Ladies Stakes in January, it was the third straight victory for Exotic West, a daughter of Hard Spun owned by Louis Lazzinnaro.

“I watched the replay again and he never hit her,” Sciacca said, referring to jockey Javier Castellano.

Sciacca said he’s interested in keeping the filly around two turns and said he may look at the Grade 2, $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff at Pimlico on May 20.

“It seems like she really liked two turns,” Sciacca said. “I thought she’d be better on turf, maybe she will be, but the way she’s doing right now why try?”

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Exotic West earned a career-best 89 Beyer for her Top Flight victory.