Rutherienne Wins By A Neck In The Frances A. Genter Stakes at Calder Race Course

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Posted on Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Virginia Kraft Payson’s 3-year-old filly Rutherienne returned to Calder, where she won her two starts last season, to win the Grade III $100,000 Frances A. Genter Stakes on Saturday, December 29, Grand Slam III day at Calder Race Course.

With only a neck separating Rutherienne from two other fillies, the daughter of Pulpit ridden by jockey Rene Douglas covered 7 1/2 furlongs over firm turf in 1:28.16 and paid $4.60, $2.80 and $2.60.

“The way the course was playing (speed), Rene (Douglas) put her a little closer to the pace than she usually is, which might have taken a little off of her closing kick, but she got the job done,” said Rutherienne trainer Christophe Clement. “She’s a very good filly and I didn’t really have her at 100% (fit) for this race, but she was able to overcome that. She’ll get some time off now until April, probably coming back at Gulfstream or Keeneland. The goals after that are the Just a Game at Belmont and the Diana at Saratoga, both Grade 1s.”

Dead-heated for second place were Sweet Ransom and Pretoria Light. Sweet Ransom with jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard returned $2.60 and $3.00 while the early pace setting Pretoria Light under jockey Jorge Chavez paid $5.20 and $6.40.

One race earlier on the Grand Slam III card, Christophe Clement saddled Bayou’s Lassie to win the Grade III $100,000 Stage Door Betty Handicap.

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