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Locust Grove Handicap winner is Genuine Devotion!
Irish-bred Genuine Devotion captured the Grade IIIT, $171,750 Locust Grove Handicap by ½-length on July 6 at Churchill Downs racecourse. Under the direction of jockey Alan Garcia, the 4-year-old Genuine Devotion tackled the Locust Grove Handicap mile in 1:35.76 on a Churchill Downs racecourse rated firm.
The Locust Grove Handicap was Genuine Devotion's first graded win. Owned by James Barry and trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Genuine Devotion has now won four in a row.
Genuine Devotion tackled the Locust Grove Handicap in steady fashion. She posted fractions of :23.84, :47.52, and 1:11.38. Bayou's Lassie tracked under Robby Albarado, while Tears I Cry was sitting nicely in the three hole and was never far behind. The horses maintained a steady troika toward the far turn.
Brownie Points, winner of the Ouija Board Handicap more than a month back, posted a challenge in the stretch, but was promptly repulsed by Genuine Devotion and had to settle for second place in the Churchill Downs racecourse contest.
Bayou's Lassie came in 2¼ lengths back in third, with Say You Will, also bred in Ireland , finishing fourth in a field of 10. You Go West Girl was fifth, followed by Tears I Cry, New Edition, Meribel, Grace Happens, and Lemonlime.
Genuine Devotion paid $6.60, $4.40, and $3 for her Locust Grove Handicap victory.
Genuine Devotion entered the Locust Grove in fine form, winning three straight six-furlong sprints on the Belmont turf. Included in those were a gate-to-wire triumph in the Oct. 14 Xtra Heat Handicap, which concluded her sophomore season. After being off for more than seven months, she came back in the May 17 Upper Noosh Stakes and won by 1¼ lengths as the favorite.
Genuine Devotion is 5-0-0 from eight lifetime starts (four-for-five on turf) and has earned $275,725. |
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