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Harmonious takes American Oaks

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July 4, 2010

Harmonious takes American Oaks

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -Harmonious remained unbeaten and won her first Grade 1 stakes Saturday, beating Antares World in the American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Hollywood Park.

Ridden by Martin Garcia, Harmonious sat fourth on the backstretch, moved up to second going three-wide into the homestretch and took the lead from Antares World in the final yards, winning by 1 1/4 lengths and covering 1 1/4 miles on turf in 2:01.77.

The filly has won three straight, two months after starting her career. She becomes another Grade 1 winning female for John Shirreffs, who also trains unbeaten super-mare Zenyatta and has made champion ladies a hallmark.

``We had high hopes for her,'' Shirreffs said. ``She showed us a lot,''

It was also the first ever Grade 1 win for the 25-year-old Garcia, who took over for regular rider Mike Smith.

Harmonious paid $7, $4.60 and $4. Antares World paid $10.60 and $7.80. Weekend Magic was third and paid $16.80 to show.

The favorite, City to City, was briefly second after a mile, but faded to fifth.

Earlier, heavy favorite Gotta Have Her and jockey Tyler Baze won the $150,000 Royal Heroine Mile Stakes, a turf race for older females.

Gotta Have Her, a 6-year-old mare trained by Jenine Sahadi, rallied from sixth to beat Burg Berg by a half-length in 1:34.98.


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