Sweep Me Over holds on to win The Hurricane Bertie in a tight finish after leading the field for most of the race by a length, she was challenged through the final furlong and head on by a head from Sweep Clean with Turn On The Lights another head further back in third.
Race #5 13:55 The Hurricane Bertie – Grade III
7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up.
Sweep Me Over takes The Hurricane Bertie starting in fourth place and then improved position taking up a length lead down the back stretch keeping it and closed down in the final furlong holding on to win by a head from Sweep Clean with Turn On The Lights another head further back in third. The winner is owned by Alegria.
Time: :23 :454 1:093 1:221
Race returns.
$2 Mutuel Prices:
| 7 – Sweep Me Over | 12.40 | 5.80 | 4.30 |
| 2 – Sweep Clean | 9.40 | 7.10 | |
| 6 – Turn On The Lights | 17.10 |
$1 Exacta: 7 – 2 Paid 117.70
$1 Trifecta: 7 – 2 – 6 Paid 1,332.80
How they ran.
Sweep Me Over starting in fourth place and then improved position taking up a length lead down the back stretch keeping it and closed down in the final furlong holding on to win by a head.
Sweep Clean started in eighth place three lengths off the pace then ran on strongly getting to within a head of the winner to finish second.
Turn On The Lights settled in mid pack then ran on strongly down the home stretch to finish third only beaten by two heads.
Mountain Girl Legacy started in sixth then ran on fourth best.
Behrens Bride started in third before taking second in the home stretch only to drop back to finish fifth.
Instinct Champion settled at the rear eight lengths off the pace then ran on very strongly getting up to finish sixth only beaten by a length.
Furious Missle always in mid pack started in seventh and finish there.
Summer Sampler broke out in front then just went backwards to finish eighth only beaten by a length.
Iron Potion always near the rear of the field started in ninth and finished there.
Zedge started tenth then ran on but no better than ninth.
Wu Wei started second and fourth entering the home stretch only to weaken back through the field to finish last of the ten runners.
Congratulations to Alegria.
The Englishman.
Categories: Grade III, STAKES ARTICLES
