Trailing by 8-1/2 lengths at the half, Palazzo Princess picked up live cover, rallied wide through the stretch and scored a 10-1 upset in Friday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows
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On a day when a strong head wind kept many pacesetters from finishing well, Natalie made a powerful first-over move to wrest the lead from Idol. But Natalie couldn’t withstand the late brush of Palazzo Princess, who poured through the lane for Eric Ledford and downed Natalie by a head in 1:52.1. An Original closed well for show.
Paul Kennedy trains Palazzo Princess, a homebred our-year-old daughter of Jate Lobell-Hawaiian Exotica, who triumphed for the fourth time in her last five starts and extended her career earnings to $364,874, for Paint Creek Farms.
(The Meadows)