JAMAICA DERBY winner ATOMICA made a sensational debut among the older horses, dismissing SHE’S MY DESTINY to post a stakes record, 1:10.4, in yesterday’s I’m satisfied Trophy.
One of four winners on the 10-race card for the jockey trainer combination of Dane Dawkins and Gary Subratie, ATOMICA easily led SHE’S MY DESTINY in steamy splits, 22.2 for the first quarter and 45.2 for the half-mile, before answer him the rider’s shoulder hits to change his lead.
Racing just off the railing on a fast track, the 2-5 favorite ATOMICA accelerated to win by seven-and-a-half lengths before being eased near the finish by Dawkins, sending an ominous warning to rivals ahead of the seven-team Gold Cup. furlongs and December 3. Mouttet Mile, worth US$125,000.
3 EARLY WINNERS
Subratie, who sits third in the trainers’ race, starting the afternoon $11 million behind leader Jason DaCosta, bolstered his outside chance at a first championship title by upping his budget with three previous winners.
US-bred debutante SISTREN TREASURE triumphed in the second event in 5 1/2 furlongs for Subratie, clocking 1:07.1 at odds of 1-2.
Trailing in class with a 2-1 chance, Subratie’s ATLANTIC BLUE replicated its early-season form, third against night-assignment runners, to easily win fourth among $750,000 claimants in seven furlongs. and a half.
Also winning 2-1, ALEXA’S DREAM handed Dawkins and Subratie their third winner, taking over the sixth event early down the stretch, beating QUIET BOSS and ROCKET LILY to beat TAURUS BOY in six furlongs, scoring 1 :12.4 .
Dawkins extended his lead to seven wins ahead of champion Anthony Thomas, who rode an afternoon winner, Anthony Nunes’s FUNOMETER in the eighth event over 5 1/2 furlongs.
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