PHOLA (Johannesburg) easily recorded her
first stakes victory in Saturday's $150,00 Hillsborough S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, rallying boldly off the far turn to
win going away by 4 1/4 lengths over the good turf. Six of the 12 entrants,
including Mushka (Empire Maker) and Tottie (GB) (Fantastic Light), were
withdrawn from the about 1 1/8-mile affair, and the Todd Pletcher-trained winner
rewarded her many backers with payouts of $5.80, $3 and $2.40 as the 9-5
favorite.
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