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Ajina gallops into the bright morning sun at Oaklawn Park. |
1997 3-Year-Old Filly Eclipse Winner Saturuday (May 16), Bill Mott and Jerry Bailey teamed up to win 4 stakes races out of 4 at Pimlico! Ajina was one of those starters and she had a point to prove. After winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff last year, Ajina won the Eclipse Award for Champion Filly. She received a well deserved rest and then was entered in what amounted to be an allowance field at Oaklawn Park as her first start. She went off the heavy favorite, but never fired and finished last. At Pimlico, the crowd sent Ajina off as the favorite again, totally throwing out her performance at Oaklawn and Ajina did not disappoint. She led from gate to wire, setting a new stakes record with her performance and giving the old Team Cigar (Mott, Bailey and Paulson) that old winning feeling again. |