Published:
Monday, September 18, 2017
The 3-year-old filly Katinka is no stranger to ambitious assignments – having started in last year’s Florida Sire Stakes’ My Dear Girl at Gulfstream as a maiden and most recently in Arlington’s Grade 3 Pucker Up Aug. 12 as the winner of only one of her nine career starts – and she was well-backed as the third choice against a strong group of state-bred fillies Saturday in the $100,000 Miss Gracie Stakes.
Trainer Michael Yates’ ongoing faith in the Shadybrook Farm and Pam Klein-owned filly was rewarded with victory, the daughter of Kantharos nipping Surprise Wedding at the wire to win the Miss Gracie by a nose. Gran Cherry was a half-length farther back in third, with Graceful Heart the same distance back in fourth.
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