ELMONT, N.Y. - Smuggler's 3-year-old campaign got off to a later start than trainer Shug McGaughey would have preferred. But, she has been well worth the wait.
Smuggler continued her ascension in the 3-year-old filly division by beating graded stakes winners Summerly and Spun Sugar in a Grade 1 race for a second time, taking Saturday's $500,000 by a convincing 3 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park. Summerly, third behind Smuggler in the Mother Goose, finished second, a head in front of Mother Goose runner-up Spun Sugar.