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Photography/ story by Ty Wyant for SureBet
Stakes Twosome at Turf Paradise
Phoenix, AZ – Jan. 28, 2012 - Rare Sunset went from gate to wire to
win the $35,000 Glendale Handicap and favored Derive won the $35,000
Swift Stakes during a diverse stakes doubleheader on Saturday
afternoon at Turf Paradise.
The two stakes ranged from the Glendale for fillies and mares at
one-and-one-sixteenth mile on the turf to the Swift, a
five-and-one-half furlong dash for older sprinters on the main
track.
Canadian Sunshine Stable’s Rare Sunset, the 22-11 second choice,
responded to a pacesetting ride by jockey Jocelyne Kenny. The
seven-year-old mare set all the fractions and had enough in reserve
to pull out to the one-and-one-half length win over Hard Seven in
the stretch.
Rare Sunset was timed in 1:41.89.
Sweeetsomerwine was third in the seven-horse field.
The Miguel Angel Silva-trained Rare Sunset scored her fifth win from
eight career starts at Turf Paradise and came off a one-half length
win over the turf course at the Phoenix track. The Glendale was also
her eighth win in 16 starts on the grass.
Back in the fall, she also raced to back-to-back wins at Turf
Paradise. She won an optional-claiming before taking the Queen of
the Green Handicap.
Rick Weist’s Derive, the 9-5 favorite, stepped up to the stakes
ranks to gain his fourth-straight win with his three-quarter-length
win in the Swift Stakes. The six-year-old gelded son of Cozzene was
clocked in 1:01.90 under Jorge Carreno.
Saratoga Boot finished second, more than three lengths ahead of
third-place finisher Absolutely Cool.
Derive started his winning streak for trainer Robertino Diodoro when
he arrived at Turf Paradise in October and won a five-furlong
conditioned allowance race. He followed with a pair of six-furlong
wins, one for a $10,000 claiming tag and then for a $12,500 price.
Derive has won six of his 20 starts with five seconds and four
third-place efforts.
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