Arlington Heights, IL (Sports Network) – Defending winner Rahystrada made it two straight and three out of four in the Arlington Handicap with Saturday’s victory in the $200,000 grass race at Arlington Park.<\/p>\n
Trained by Byron Hughes and ridden by Rosie Napravnik, Rahystrada captured the 1 1\/4-mile turf event after pressing the pace being set by Beer Garden. Sent off at 3-1, the 9-year-old gelding held off 2-1 favorite Dullahan down the stretch to post a half-length win over the late running 29-1 longshot Temeraine.<\/p>\n
Dullahan finished third followed by Najjaar, Keep Up, Coalport and Beer Garden. Suntracer was scratched.<\/p>\n
The time for the Arlington Handicap was 2:01.66 over a firm turf course.<\/p>\n
“We’re as amazed as anybody,” said Hughes. “He keeps telling us he wants to go, so we go. Great ride by Rosie. She had it all in hand. It was great.”<\/p>\n
Rahystrada won last year’s Arlington Handicap by a neck over Boisterous who earlier Saturday captured Belmont Park’s Man o’War Stakes. The 9-year-old chestnut gelding also won the race in 2010.<\/p>\n
Owned by Robert E. Courtney Jr., Rahystrada adds $117,600 to his bankroll which now stands at $1,371,750 with 14 wins in 44 starts.<\/p>\n
Rahystrada was coming off a fourth in the Monmouth Stakes on June 9. He began the year at Churchill Downs with a second-place finish in an optional claiming race behind Big Blue Kitten, last week’s United Nations Handicap champ.<\/p>\n
Next up for the veteran racehorse will be next month’s Arlington Million, a race he dead heated for show in 2012. He also finished fourth in 2010 and fifth in 2011’s Million.<\/p>\n
Rahystrada paid $8.80, $4.20 and $3.20. Temeraine returned $19.60 and $8.00, and Dullahan paid $3.40 to show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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