Monday, June 30, 2008

Monmouth Park Recap for Sunday, June 29, 2008

DEVIL HOUSE GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE IN WINNING LIGHTHOUSE STAKES

OCEANPORT, N.J. * Glencrest Farm’s Devil House showed the most speed from her inside post and took her five foes wire-to-wire in winning the $70,000 Lighthouse Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday.

Trained by the meet’s top conditioner, Bruce Levine, Devil House covered the mile and 70 yards in 1:42 flat and returned $30.80, $14.40 and $6.60 after coming home a 10 ¼ length winner. For Kisses rallied from last to complete a $137.40 exacta and paid $5 and $4. It was another 4 ¼ lengths back to Prop Me Up, who returned $3.40 to show. Debbie Got Even, the 9-5 favorite, finished fifth.


“The original plan was to sit off the early pacesetters,” said winning rider Daniel Centeno, “but she broke so sharply and I saw nobody leave. After that, I just let her go and got her to relax down the backside. I looked back at the ¼ pole to see if anyone was behind me and there was nobody coming.”

The Lighthouse Stakes score marked the seventh in 17 starts for Devil House, a 4-year-old filly by Chester House from the Diablo mare Diablo’s Bobett. She has now earned $264,660 for her connections.

Live racing returns to Monmouth Park on Wednesday, July 2 * first post 12:50 p.m.

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