Medaglia d'Amour wins at Hollywood Park
May 2, 2010INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -Medaglia d'Amour edged Cat By The Tale by 1 1/4 lengths Saturday in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Ridden by Alonso Quinonez, Medaglia d'Amour took the lead with about an eighth of a mile to go. He ran a mile on the turf in 1:34.31 and paid $8.40, $4.20 and $3.20.
``She's awesome, something very special,'' Quinonez said. ``My instructions were to lay right behind the speed. They were going pretty slow, so I attacked early. When she made the lead, she was going pretty easy.''
Cat By The Tale returned $3.20 and $2.60, and You Lift Me Up paid $4.60 to show.
Medaglia d'Amour increased her career earnings to $116,200, with three wins in four starts for owner Kristina Cecil, wife of trainer Ben Cecil.
Tyler Baze rode three winners on the card and leads the jockeys' standings.