Alexa Skye completed a three-peat in the weekly Miami Valley $26,000 Mares Open on Thursday (March 2), and did she do it in style.
The six-year-old daughter of Somebeachsomewhere paced the second fastest mile by a female in the track’s 10-year history — missing the great Shartin N’s 1:49.3 track-record performance in 2018 by one-fifth of a second.
In a scratched-down field of five, Alexa Skye wasted no time assuming control. Driver Trace Tetrick sent the winner on a gate-to-wire mission from the get go. Alexa Skye and Tetrick sped through uncontested fractions of :26.1, :54.2 and 1:21.4 before completing their journey with a :28 second final quarter that included no discernable urging on Tetrick’s part.
In The Spotlight N was second and Grace Rocks got the show dough. Oddly enough, In The Spotlight N’s trainer Jeff Cullipher broke Alexa Skye and campaigned her until selling her at the end of her five-year-old season.
Odds On Racing bought Alexa Skye in November and she moved into the Virgil Morgan Jr. barn. In the first 11 starts under Morgan’s tutelage, she has never been worse than third in the open ranks at Dayton Raceway and Miami Valley. For her career, the former standout in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers has recorded 22 wins in 65 tries and amassed $406,519.
Miami Valley is dark on Friday and Saturday, but resumes it regular Sunday through Thursday schedule on March 5 with a 4 p.m. (EST) post time.
(Miami Valley Raceway)