Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Queen’s Plate winner Lexie Lou made a rare start on the turf Saturday and found it much to her liking with a solid win in the $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes at Santa Anita.<\/p>\n
Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Corey Nakatani, Lexie Lou was sent off as the 3-1 co-favorite along with Diversy Harbor and Alexis Tangier.<\/p>\n
Lexie Lou, making her first start at a mile and away from Woodbine, raced off the pace in sixth in the 10-horse field of 3-year-old fillies. Setting the pace was 9-2 fourth pick Zindaya.<\/p>\n
Lexie Lou gained ground on the final turn and into the stretch. The Canadian- bred surged down the middle of the turf course and posted a 1 1\/4-length win over Diversy Harbor and Zindaya. Sheza Smoke Show got fourth.<\/p>\n
“We got a firm course today and she loved it,” owner Gary Barber said. “She proved she can win in open company and I’ll put her against open 3-year-olds right now on grass.<\/p>\n
“With the exception of Untapable, I think she can run with anyone. We don’t have her schedule planned out yet, but we’ll keep her here for the winter and take her back to Woodbine in April.”<\/p>\n
Completing the order of finish were Thegirlinthatsong, Tiz Kissable, Famous Alice, Alexis Tangier, On the Backstreets and Wonderfully.<\/p>\n
The time for the Autumn Miss on a firm turf course was 1:33.70.<\/p>\n
Lexie Lou added $60,000 to her earnings which now total $1,369,714. She’s won seven of 15 career starts.<\/p>\n
The filly followed her win in the 1 1\/4-mile Queen’s Plate with a 1 1\/4-mile turf score in the Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine on Aug. 10. She won the Woodbine Oaks on June 15 which snapped a three-race losing streak. Lexie Lou was a distant last as the 3-2 favorite in Woodbine’s Canadian Stakes on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n
“Last time (10th in the Canadian Stakes) she didn’t like to soft going. We actually thought about not running because of it,” Barber noted.<\/p>\n
Lexie Lou paid $8.40, $4.60 and $3.60. Diversy Harbor returned $4.00 and $3.00, and Zindaya paid $5.00 to show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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