NEW ORLEANS - Turf or dirt, Daisy Devine loves the Fair Grounds. Winner of the Fair Grounds Oaks on the main track last season, Daisy Devine ran her grass record to 2 for 2 with an easy win Saturday in the $75,000 Pago Hop Stakes.
Racing just off the mild pace of Love Dare, Daisy Devine and jockey James Graham seized command at the top of the stretch and comfortably held clear Ruthenia, winning by 2 1/4lengths.
“She loves this racetrack,” said Andy McKeever, who trains Daisy Devine for James Miller. “She breezes totally different down here.”