Touching Beauty wins Big A's Comely Stakes
April 10, 2010NEW YORK (AP) -Touching Beauty won the $100,000 Comely Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct on Saturday, taking advantage of a stretch mishap that eliminated the previously unbeaten She'll Be Doggone.
Touching Beauty was free and clear in the lane, rallying for a half-length victory over Speigthful Affair.
For Touching Beauty, the victory was her first in a stakes, and third in seven starts. Mike Luzzi was aboard for trainer Jimmy Jerkens as she ran the one mile in 1:37.90 on the fast track.
Touching Beauty paid $12, $7.30 and $4.90. Speigthful Affair returned $8.50 and $4.30. C C's Pal paid $6.10 to show.