Closing Range edges Zucchini Flower at Monmouth
August 26, 2012OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Closing Range held off Zucchini Flower by a nose Sunday in the $60,000 Twin Lights Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Closing Range ran 1 1/8 miles on the turf course in 1:49.84. Ridden by Chris DeCarlo, the winner returned $11.40, $5.40 and $2.60. Zucchini Flower returned $5.40 and $2.20, and Dancing Solo paid $2.10 to show.
``She was really game,'' DeCarlo said. ``I was sitting on the go whole time. We wanted to let her run out of there because on paper she looked like the fastest horse. She settled into a nice stride and was pretty much cruising. In the stretch, Zucchini Flower might have stuck her head in front, but my filly never quit and fought right back.''