Hopeful Union wins at Del Mar
September 1, 2011DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Hopeful Union beat Wild Rose by 11/4 lengths Thursday in the $65,000 FedEx Purse for older fillies and mares at Del Mar.
Ridden by Patrick Valenzuela, Hopeful Union ran a mile in 1:36.78 on the synthetic Polytrack surface and paid $10, $5.60 and $3.
Wild Rose returned $4.20 and $2.60, while 5-2 favorite Ambitoness was another 11/4 lengths back in third and paid $3.20 to show.