Sweet Sophia wins at Hollywood Park
May 14, 2010INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -Sweet Sophia defeated Surfer Girl by 2 1/4 lengths to win the $44,200 turf feature for Fillies and Mares on Thursday at Hollywood Park.
Ridden by David Flores, Sweet Sophia covered six furlongs in 1:09.56 and paid $34.80, $11.60 and $6.40.
Surfer Girl, ridden by leading jockey Rafael Bejarano, returned $3.20 and $2.20, while Rochelle's Joy paid $3.60 to show.
The victory increased Sweet Sophia's career earnings to $48,720.
Flores was the only jockey to double. Besides Sweet Sophia, he also won the first with 9-1 shot So Delish.