Yummy With Butter wins Monmouth Park feature
September 4, 2011OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Yummy With Butter drew off in the stretch to win the $100,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday, beating Cherokee Lord by 33/4 lengths.
Trained by Yvon Belsoeur and ridden by Paco Lopez, the 7-year-old gelding ran the mile on a firm turf course in 1:32 4-5 and paid $5.80, $3.40 and $2.10. The win in the Grade III race was the seventh career victory for Yummy With Butter, who has now earned $576,824.
Cherokee Lord returned $7.20 and $3.60, while Sleepless Knight was another three-quarters of a length back in third and paid $2.40.