Queen of the Creek, Awesome Maria win at Saratoga
September 3, 2010SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Queen of the Creek and Awesome Maria won 1-mile divisions of the Riskaverse Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Saratoga Race Course on Thursday.
Queen of the Creek, ridden by Julien Leparoux and trained by Tom Proctor, led from the start and won by 3 1/2 lengths with a time of 1:33.94. She paid $10.40, $4.90 and $4.40, and earned $42,000 for owners Timothy B. Turney and Nathan Tinker.
Ultimate Class was second and returned $18.80 and $10.60, and Kittylicious finished third and paid $8.60.
Awesome Maria, trained by Tiodd Pletcher, was idle since a narrow defeat in the Grade 1 Frizette Sakes at Belmont Park last October. She took a narrow lead inside the 1-16th pole and beat Snow Top Mountain by a half-length. She ran the distance in 1:35.06 in her turf debut and paid $4.70, $2.90 and $2.60. Awesome Maria earned $42,000 for her owner, the E. Paul Robsham Stable.
Snow Top Mountain paid $3.40 and $2.60 for second, and In Te Domine paid $4.60 in third.