Wild About Marie with a late surge under Robby Albarado takes the Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes
The 4-year-old filly Wild About Marie won the $100,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes by two lengths, and in the process she pulled off a 12 to 1 upset going under jockey Robby Albarado, who won three races during the afternoon.
The race was the Keeneland feature on 14 October, 2011, and Dawn and Ike Thrash’s Wile About Marie showed an amazing turn of foot and came off the pace to clinch the title.
The Jeffery Thornbury trained daughter of Wildcat Heir, out of Joyful Wager by Valid Wager, Wild About Marie was coming off a sixth place finish in the Grade 3 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine on 1 August, 2011, on turf over at six furlongs.
The bay filly is bred in Florida by Robert Dodd, Tonya Jurgens, and Dry Creek Stables.
Wild About Marie in a field of 11 fillies and mares was held back by her rider Robby Albarado through the early stages and settled in seventh position.
The pace setter Bounding Bi set the pace during an opening quarter mile in 21.50 seconds, and while doing it she took the lead in the stretch after covering the half a mile mark in a good 44.77 seconds.
All this time Wild About Marie was waiting for her cue, as she angled out wide entering the lane, took care of her opponents with an amazing turn of foot as she got rolled by the leader in mid stretch en route to a well deserved victory.
Luis Garcia ridden filly Supreme came back from well behind to clinch the second place finish, while the long shot sent at 61 to 1 odds You Need Me one length behind Supreme, as she rolled in third.
Wild About Marie was winless in her last five starts, her last victory came in the Fair Grounds race course on 19 March, 2011, in the Bienville Stakes, over at a distance of 5 ½ furlongs where she defeated Mullins Beach and Chantilly Nayla, with the winning time of 1 minute and 5.15 seconds.
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