Mensa Heat wins closing day feature at Hollywood
December 18, 2011INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Mensa Heat rallied to catch longshot Legal Separation and win by 1 1/2 lengths Sunday in the $84,500 On Trust Handicap on closing day at Hollywood Park.
Ridden by Joe Talamo, Mensa Heat was fifth in the early going and moved up to third on the turn before surging for the win, covering 7 1/2 furlongs in 1:28.68.
Mensa Heat paid $7.40, $4.80 and $3.40. Legal Separation paid $16.40 and $7. Spud Spivens was a nose back in third and paid $3.20 to show.
The favorite, Red Defense, faded in the stretch and finished seventh and last with Joel Rosario in the saddle, but that didn't keep the jockey from finishing atop the Hollywood autumn rider standings for the third straight year, winning 37 races to Rafael Bejarano's 33.