The remarkable Irish-bred mare Laughing won her fourth consecutive race -- and second grade I of the season -- when she held off entrymate Tannery to win the $600,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (gr. I) by a half-length.
With Jose Lezcano aboard, Laughing got off to a quick start and went straight to the early lead, setting pedestrian fractions of :25.68, :51.56, and 1:16.02 while leading by a length over Somali Lemonade and White Rose. Mystical Star, Valiant Rose, and Tannery were in the middle of the tightly-bunched pack, while Qushchi and Kissable were the trailers.
Entering the final half-mile, Laughing began to pick up the pace, sprinting through her fourth quarter in :23.46 to reach the quarter pole in front by a length and a half. Thereafter, Laughing ran her final quarter in a blazing :22.86, which was enough to carry her to a fairly easy half-length triumph.
Tannery, who ran as a coupled entry with Laughing, rallied to edge Mystical Star for second by a neck, while Qushchi was another 1 1/4 lengths back in fourth. Kissable, Somali Lemonade, White Rose, and Valiant Girl completed the order of finish.
Laughing, a daughter of Dansili out of Comic, by Be My Chief, is trained by Alan Goldberg and owned by Richard Santulli.
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