Waterway Run Wins Beaugay S.

Saturday, Belmont Park 
BEAUGAY S.-GIII, $150,000, BEL, 5-3, 4yo/up, f/m, 
1 1/16mT, 1:42 3/5, gd. 
1–WATERWAY RUN, 115, f, 4, by Arch 
     1st Dam: Princess Consort, by Dixieland Band 
     2nd Dam: Camella, by Housebuster 
     3rd Dam: Have It Out, by Roberto 
($15,000 yrl ’11 KEESEP; €55,000 2yo ‘12 
ARQMAY). O-Martin S Schwartz; B-Dorothy A Matz 
(PA); T-Chad C Brown; J-Jose Lezcano. $90,000. 
Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 11-4-2-0, $182,779. 
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk 
Nick Rating: A+. 
2–Orion Moon (Fr), 115, m, 5, Manduro (Ger)–Okocha 
   (Ger), by Platini (Ger). O-Chevotel Racing Stable; 
   B-Chevotel De La Hauquerie (FR); T-Christophe 
   Clement. $30,000. 
3–Byrama (GB), 119, m, 5, Byron (GB)–Aymara (GB), 
   by Darshaan (GB). (£8,000 RNA 2yo ‘11 DONAPR; 
   $725,000 RNA HRA ‘13 KEENOV). O-St Elias Stable; 
   B-Ermyn Lodge Stud Limited (GB); T-William I Mott. 
   $15,000. 
Margins: NK, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 2.30, 2.50, 6.30. 
Also Ran: Scampering, English Class, Assateague, Irish Mission. Scratched: Natalie Victoria, Sunny Desert, Watsdachances (Ire). 
Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO. 
   Waterway Run, winner of the 2012 G3 Oh So Sharp S. at Newmarket, was narrowly beaten when second in her first U.S. outings for trainer Chad Brown. She was beaten a neck in a Feb. 7 optional claimer at Gulfstream and missed by just a nose in the Mar. 8 GIII Hillsborough S. last time out. The bay filly settled just off the pace behind fractions of :24.21 and :48.15. She bullied her way between rivals at the top of the lane and forged to the lead in the final sixteenth and outfinished Orion Moon for a determined victory. “I had a very good trip,” said winning rider Jose Lezcano. “She broke good, and I got the position I wanted. She’s the kind of filly who will do whatever you ask her. She held her position nicely all the way and when I said, ‘Go,’ she went and won the race.” Brown added, “It looked like she was in tight quarters for most of the race and [Lezcano] just bided his time. When she got in the clear she showed the kick that she has; we were very pleased with the performance and the ride. The distance was key for her. A mile or a mile and a sixteenth is her game.”