The Year End victory marked her second stakes victory after racing by four lengths in the six-furlong Astral Spa Overnight Stakes on December 14, and was even more dominant. A comfortable fourth place after a first quarter mile in: 23.58, recorded by a long shot Sparkling Lass Counting Stars advanced down the backstretch and sat in a close third place behind Fizzy Lass and Pavement after half a mile in a moderate: 47.95. Then it was all Counting Stars. The Mark Casse trainee took command at 6 furlongs in 1:13.03 and was 6 lengths in front under the wire.
“She finished strong,” said jockey Francisco Arrieta.
Counting Stars raced a mile on a fast track in 1:38.68 and paid $4.40 to win as the favorite.
Newtown Pike came in second with an 18-1 lead, ahead of third place Scots law . Pavement weakened to fourth place.
The winner, a brown 2-year-old daughter of father from the second harvest Honor AP from the Paynter mare Premium numbers was bred by His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud in Kentucky and purchased by owner West Point Thoroughbreds for $150,000 from the consignment of Wildheart Thoroughbreds to the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in training earlier this year.
Video: Year end S. (BT)
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