Cave Hill Catches Extrasexybigdaddee in Rushaway
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Cave Hill rallies past Extrasexybigdaddee in Turfway Park's Rushaway
Cave Hill, a cut below the better turf 3-year-olds in South Florida this winter after two stakes starts, found the $100,000 Rushaway Stakes on Turfway Park's synthetic Tapeta surface more suitable March 27.
The Godolphin homebred son of leading second-crop sire Frosted , rallied from fifth to notch a 1 1/2-length victory over pacesetter Extrasexybigdaddee in the first of six stakes on Turfway's Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) Day card.
Declan Cannon rode the winner for trainer Brendan Walsh, who earlier Saturday won the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored by Azizi Developments (G1) with Extravagant Kid in Dubai. Godolphin was also successful there, taking the main event, the $12 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) with the Mike Stidham-trained Mystic Guide.
Stakes were much lower at Turfway in the Rushaway, though the result was the same—a first-place finish.
The victory was the third in six starts for Cave Hill, who last year had won an off-the-turf maiden race in the slop at Indiana Grand and an allowance optional claiming race at Tampa Bay Downs. In two starts this year at 3, he had been third in the Dania Beach Stakes and sixth in the Palm Beach Stakes, both at Gulfstream Park.
In taking the Rushaway, he raced 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.52 and paid $8.60.
Editor in Chief was third, a half-length behind Extrasexybigdaddee. Favored Be Here, Donegal Bay, Scales of Justice, and Shady McGee completed the seven-horse order of finish.