Coming off a second-place finish in her previous race at Presque Isle Downs, Sweet Nola was sent off at odds of 4/5 in her latest, a mile and 70-yard trip over the all-weather surface, and she was more than up to the task.

With Edwin Gonzalez in the irons, the 6-year-old daughter of First Dude broke quickly and stalked the leaders in third place down the backstretch. When Gonzalez asked her for more, she put away the pace-setters and won going away by four lengths, clocked in 1:41.00 flat. The mare bred by Tom McCrocklin and Frank Mermenstein paid $3.80 and picked up a check for $12,600. She’s moving up her sire’s $200,000-club list with career earnings of $218,569.