New Orleans. LA (SportsNetwork.com) – Local stakes winner Gantry returned to the winner’s circle Thursday by claiming a highly competitive allowance race at Fair Grounds.<\/p>\n
Just two weeks after failing to repeat in Fair Grounds’ Thanksgiving Handicap, Gantry, ridden by Miguel Mena, finished first in a $40,000, 5 1\/2-furlong turf event versus other stakes-winning runners.<\/p>\n
Trained by Ron Faucheux for Brittlyn Stable, Gantry was the 3-1 third pick in the seven-horse field behind even-money favorite Unbridled’s Note and 2-1 second choice Sum of the Parts.<\/p>\n
Gantry overcame a poor start to register a length victory over Unbridled’s Note, the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint runner-up, with 52-1 longshot Solar Charge getting third. Gantry and Solar Charge, leaving from the two outside posts, bumped each other at the break.<\/p>\n
Finishing fourth was Voodoo Storm followed by Win Lion Win, Sum of the Parts and Rhetorical.<\/p>\n
Gantry covered the 5 1\/2 furlongs in 1:03.53 on a firm turf course.<\/p>\n
Thursday’s win was worth $24,000 and is the 11th career win from 27 starts for the 7-year-old gelding. He has now banked $848,331 overall.<\/p>\n
Gantry was unable to repeat in the track’s Thanksgiving Handicap on Nov. 27 when he finished fifth out of seven.<\/p>\n
“He was really fresh last time and we probably didn’t train him hard enough going into the race,” Faucheux explained. “I don’t think he was 100 percent fit.”<\/p>\n
Gantry’s last win came in the Colonel Power Stakes on March 15 over the same course and distance as Thursday’s effort.<\/p>\n
Gantry returned $8.20, $3.40 and $2.60. Unbridled’s Note paid $2.40 and $2.40, and Solar Charge paid $5.20 to show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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