The Gotham – Grade III
3/4/2017 AQU Race #3 1 1/16m In Dirt Graded Stake.
How To Laff made steady headway down the back stretch to take up the lead in the home stretch going on to win by a neck from Out On A Limb with The Right Stuff another neck further back in third.
The Gotham – Grade III [KYD]
| 3/4/2017 | 13:30 | 2/28/2017 3:00 | AQU | Race #3 | 1 1/16m | InDirt | Graded Stake |
| Purse $300.000 For Three Year Olds. |
How To Laff wins The Gotham going close up early in fourth place then improved position down the back stretch to take second running on down the home stretch taking up the lead going on to win by a neck from Out On A Limb with The Right Stuff another neck further back in third. The winner is owned by Kopites.
Time: :231 :464 1:102 1:411
Race returns.
$2 Mutuel Prices:
| 1 – How To Laff | 53.10 | 25.50 | 19.00 |
| 2 – Out On A Limb | 6.60 | 6.10 | |
| 3 – The Right Stuff | 7.60 |
$1 Exacta: 1 – 2 Paid 147.80
$1 Trifecta: 1 – 2 – 3 Paid 1,881.90
How they ran.
How To Laff made steady headway down the back stretch to take up the lead in the home stretch going on to win by a neck.
Out On A Limb settled in mid pack then ran on strongly down the home stretch to finish second.
The Right Stuff started and settled in sixth then ran on down the home stretch to finish third.
Ginger Haggis settled near the rear from the off then ran on strongly getting up to finish fourth.
La Lune Rain lead the field from the off till the home stretch then when passed by the fast finishers weakened back to finish fifth.
State Senator always in mid pack started in fifth and finished in sixth.
Withdrawn started in tenth then ran on finishing in seventh.
Red Broomstick broke and raced in third only to stay on at one pace dropping back to finish eighth.
Remember The Mummy started in second then weakened back through the field to finish ninth.
Greek Consul started in eighth and weakened back to finish tenth
King Death Row never in the race started last then made up one place to finish eleventh.
Champagne Wishes never in the race always near the rear of the field finishing last of thye twelve runners beaten by nine lengths.
Congratulations to Kopites.
The Englishman.
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