Even-money favorite Ground Transport turned in an eye-catching rally to win a one-mile and seventy-yard allowance race at Fair Grounds this afternoon by about three lengths.
With jockey Mark Guidry aboard, Ground Transport settled back into third during the early stages of the race, about three lengths four lengths behind the front-running pair of Winning Note and Free World. Carson's Crown was tucked in along the rail in fourth, followed closely by Whiskey Bravo and Hawaakom.
Following fractions of :23.90, :48.76, and 1:13.94, Free World moved up to take over the lead from Winning Note, but he in turn was quickly passed by Grand Transport, who rallied quickly down the center of the racetrack to seize command of the race. He continued to extend his lead with every stride toward the wire, which he reached in the quick time of 1:43.46 seconds.
Free World held second by a large margin over Carson's Crown, while Winning Note, Hawaakom, and Whiskey Bravo completed the order of finish.
The winner is a son of Big Brown out of Extry, by Broad Brush. He is trained by Mark Stidham and owned by Jeffrey Yingling, Martin Nixon, Frank Calabrese, and Marrette Farrell.
-Keelerman
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