Fusaichi Red Storms Home in Miss Woodford

Smart Choice Stable’s Fusaichi Red saved ground around the turn before angling out in the stretch and storming home to an impressive three and ¾ length score in the $70,000 Miss Woodford Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday afternoon.

Trained by George Weaver, Fusaichi Red covered the six furlongs over a fast main track in 1:10 1/5 and paid $12.20, $6.20 and $3.80 in the field of 11 3-year-old fillies.  Coco’s Wildcat completed the $86.60 exacta and returned $7.20 and $4.40.  It was another two lengths back to Spark, who paid $3.40 to show.

“She didn’t break well, but we were in a good spot because of the early speed,” said winning jockey Orlando Bocachica.  “Going into the turn, I didn’t want to go too wide, but I wanted to give her room to run.  Once we got to the middle of the stretch, she had a lot left.”

A daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus from the D’wildcat mare Gloomy I’m Knot, Fusaichi Red sports a record of 2-2-2 from six starts.

Source: Monmouth Park