Keertana bided her time behind the pacesetting Belle Watling and then outfought the late-charging Zapparition to win the $100,000 The Very One Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a half-length on the Gulfstream Park turf course Feb. 20.
Barbara Hunter's hard-trying 5-year-old homebred daughter of Johar spoiled the North American debut of the Chilean star Belle Watling as well as the repeat hopes in The Very One of Changing Skies, the 6-5 favorite in the field of five older fillies and mares. The race, at 1 3/8 miles on firm ground, was completed in a slow 2:19.33.
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