Melodee Hicks’s Spiteful Gypsy grabbed command quickly after
the start and never looked back in winning the $80,000 allowance feature at Monmouth Park on Friday by two lengths.
Trained by David Fawkes and ridden by Jose Valdivia Jr., Spiteful Gypsy stopped
the timer in :55 4/5 for five furlongs over firm turf. The winner paid $18.20,
$8.60 and $5.20. Perfect Bluff completed the $80.80 exacta and paid $4.20 and
$2.80. It was another length back to Wardelle, who returned $3.60 to show.
The Friday feature victory marked the third in four starts for Spiteful Gypsy,
who was making her first start in 2010. The 3-year-old filly by Speightstown
from the Leo Castelli mare Leo’s Gypsy Dancer has now earned $77,160 for her
connections.
Live racing continues at Monmouth
Park on Saturday, July 3,
with the Grade 1, $750,000 Betfair TVG United Nations Stakes highlighting the
card. Over the 4th of July holiday weekend, Monmouth Park
will host live racing on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.