Distaff Division
A few good efforts worth pointing out from three-year-old fillies across the country on Saturday:
– At Arlington, Dreaming of Anna finally returned to the winner’s circle after three losses, her last a sixth-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks. While her performance in the Double Delta Stakes was hardly brilliant, it was solid, with Dreaming of Anna tracking the moderate pace set by Devil House and then drawing away on the final turn, finishing more than a length ahead of the closer Nice Inheritance.
– The Sands Point at Belmont ended in a Bit of Whimsy-Rutherienne dead heat (DRF). Both fillies ran well, with Rutherienne overcoming a pace unsuited to her late run style, but it was Bit of Whimsy who really impressed in her finish. Making only her third career start and coming off a MSW win, Bit of Whimsy went a little wide on the first turn, stalked the pace, dueled in the stretch and then drew away to meet Rutherienne, who was charging down the center, at the wire.
– And at Hollywood, in her fourth career start and her first on the turf, the promising Sindy With an S rebounded from her third-place finish in the Railbird Stakes with a win in the Manhattan Beach.
