NEW YORK (AP) — Strategic Missile led all the way Thursday for a 39-1 payoff in the $59,000 allowance feature for New York-bred fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.
Apprentice rider Wilmer Garcia hustled the 5-year-old right to the front and they held a clear lead until the deep stretch when Myrtle’s Gray rallied to cut the final margin to three-quarters of a length.
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