Beau Choix wins Quick Call Stakes at Saratoga
July 30, 2010SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Beau Choix wore down Lonesome Street and Lighthouse Sound in the stretch to win the $70,000 Quick Call Stakes for 3-year-olds by a head Thursday at Saratoga.
Javier Castellano rode Beau Choix for trainer Barclay Tagg, covering a mile over a firm turf course in 1:35.57 to earn $42,000 for owners Belle Meadow Farm and Lael Stable. Beau Choix paid $6.80, $4.10 and $3. Lonesome Street paid $8.60 and $5.70 and Lighthouse Sound paid $7.10 to show.
The Quick Call was one of two stakes on the Saratoga card. Earlier, favored Devil by Design and jockey Kent Desormeaux took a 2 1/2-length win in the $70,000 Lucy Scribner Stakes for fillies and mares and earned $42,000 for owners Eurowest Bloodstock and Tony Chedraoui.
Devil by Design paid $4.30, $3.10 and $2.60. Runner-up Southern Accents paid $6.90 and $4.30. Worstcasescenario paid $4 to show.