4th-OP, $72,000, Msw, 3-2, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:45.61, ft.
+SOFT CHEESE (f, 3, Quality Road–Cerce Cay, by Hard Spun) showed good speed and turned back all challengers to graduate first out going two turns at Oaklawn. Coming in with an above-average local worktab, including a half-mile breeze in :48 flat (12/68) Feb. 18, the homebred was given a 6-1 chance and broke sharply to set the pace going into the clubhouse turn. Dictating splits of :23.51 and :48.20, the bay was challenged by a pair of foes on the far turn, but disposed of them by the top of the lane. Drinks On Broadway (Stay Thirsty), who had saved ground throughout, tipped into the clear soon after that and appeared poised to run by the leader, but Soft Cheese gamely stonewalled that foe in the final sixteenth to earn a neck victory. The winner has a 2-year-old full-sister named Bapa's Pride and her dam was bred to Bodemeister last term. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $43,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Catalyst Stable, G2 Associates LLC & Magdalena Racing (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek.
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