1-5 favorite Princess Arabella gave owner Peachtree Stable, trainer Bob Baffert, and jockey Martin Garcia their second straight win in Sunland Park's $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks, drawing away in the stretch to win under a mere hand ride by seven or eight lengths.
After an excellent start, Princess Arabella went straight to the lead and settled into stride while rattling off fractions of :23.68 and :47.24. Glinda the Good was tracking her in second, followed by longshot Sophisticated in third. Ize in Trouble, Regal Betty, and Take Me Away Today occupied the next positions, while the early trailer by a large margin was Feisty Flirt.
Following three-quarters of a mile in 1:11.57, Glinda the Good and Ize in Trouble moved up to challenge Princess Arabella for the lead, but the Baffert filly was still going strongly on the front end and turned them back as the field entered the homestretch. From there, the race was hers, and she gave the impression of being a filly of the highest caliber when she coasted home unchallenged to stop the clock for a mile and a sixteenth in 1:43.52.
Glinda the Good held off Ize in Trouble by a head for second, while Take Me Away Today rounded out the superfecta.
-Keelerman
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