Saltamontes wins Belmont's Friendly Beauty
September 24, 2010NEW YORK (AP) - Saltamontes beat Queen's Harbor by 23/4 lengths Thursday in the $60,000 Friendly Beauty Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont Park.
Saltamontes, Spanish for a grasshopper or locust, is unbeaten in two starts. She ran 6 furlongs in 1:12.93 in the race for New York breds. Garrett Gomez was aboard for trainer Rudy Rodriguez as Saltamontes paid $7.40, $5.10 and $3.10. Queen's Harbor returned $15.80 and $5.30. Yawkey Way, the 4-5 favorite, paid $2.20 to show.