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BELMONT, N.Y. \u2013 Better Lucky made her turf debut a winning one, taking the lead in deep stretch and holding off the furious late drive of Regalo Mia Monday afternoon at Belmont Park to take the Grade 2, $200,000 Sands Point by a nose.<\/p>\n

The 3-year-old Ghostzapper filly, whose victory over a muddy track in her previous start prompted trainer Tom Albertrani to try her on the turf, saved ground within striking range of pacesetter Preach Tome Daddy as she led through an opening quarter-mile in 25.60 seconds and a half in 49.74. Tipped the outside by jockey Eddie Castro as the field turned for home, Better Lucky moved up to duel for the lead with Zultanite through the stretch, edging clear in the final yards and hitting the wire a heartbeat ahead of the fast-closing Regalo Mia.<\/p>\n

Her time for 1 1\/16 miles over firm turf was 1:42.75.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing into the stretch I moved to the outside and she gave me all that she had,\u201d said Castro. \u201cShe tried really hard and held for the photo finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owned and bred by Darley Stable, Better Lucky returned $18.20 for a $2 win bet and earned $120,000 for her first graded stakes victory. She is now 3-0-1 from five starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom past experience, I\u2019ve seen horses run well in the mud [and then run well on the grass],\u201d said Albertrani. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a different angle, you\u2019re not always certain it will work, but sometimes it does. It certainly did today. We\u2019re very excited that she was able to win this race and we\u2019ll just pick a spot down the road for her.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zultanite held for third and was followed under the wire by favored Somali Lemonade, Preach Tome Daddy, Modulate, Firehouse Red, and Dreaming of Cara.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit Adam Coglianese, NYRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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