Jersey Girl Stakes

Goodall (f, 3, Yaupon--Moon Over Mag Bay, by Malibu Moon) cut back after what seemed like a head scratcher to earn black-type in Thursday's Jersey Girl Stakes at the Spa. Breaking quickly from post 3, she settled just off 5-2 chance Carmel Coast, who carved out an opening quarter mile in :21.92. Joined by Mythical to her outside as the fillies ran past the quarter pole, Goodall began to inch closer to the pacesetter through the stretch, caught her nearing the sixteenth pole and drew off to win by 2...

Mythical (St Patrick's Day) outclassed four overmatched rivals in Saturday's Sophomore Fillies Sprint to earn her sixth career stakes success and a return trip to Saratoga. Pinballed around between rivals at the break, the Cohen homebred elected to sit off dueling pacesetters from third through the opening half-mile. Cruising up to the leaders in hand on the turn, Mythical poked her head in front at the five-sixteenths marker, raced well off the rail in the stretch and proved a much-the-best winner. Mythical won five of her six starts at two,...

GI Belmont S.-winning conditioner Brad Cox grabbed one more stakes win for the road Sunday as unbeaten Australasia rallied past rivals to earn a first black-type victory out of Louisiana-bred company. An 8 1/4-length MSW winner at Fair Grounds last November, the dark bay reeled off a pair of dominant stakes scores at Delta Downs before annexing the two-turn Crescent City Oaks back in NOLA Mar. 20. She picked up another big check when shortening up for a GI Kentucky Oaks day allowance at Churchill Apr. 30, but was facing...