Thursday, January 26 2012

TIME IS RIGHT FOR BAHIA BEACH IN AFFECTIONATELY

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Bahia Beach, a veteran of the allowance ranks at Charles Town, will make her stakes debut on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack in the $75,000 Affectionately, a 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares.

Owned by Silverton Hill, Bahia Beach has won four races from 12 starts, including two straight at Charles Town. She held on gamely by a nose in a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer on November 6 and aired by 8 ¾ lengths in a seven-furlong allowance December 16.