Evening Jewel rallied from well off the pace to score a dramatic victory in the Sunshine Millions Distaff this afternoon at Santa Anita Park.
Ridden by Victor Espinoza, the 2-1 favorite dropped back to next-to-last in the early going. In the meantime, Briecat was setting a good pace, running the first quarter in :23 1/5 and :47 2/5.
Evening Jewel appeared to have too much to do as the field turned for home, but she rallied strongly down the stretch and got up with time to spare, hitting the wire a half-length in front of Amazing, who had taken the lead at the top of the stretch. Ultra Blend turned in a huge rally to finish third. Had the race been much longer, she would have won.
The final time was 1:42 1/5.
-Keelerman
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