2010 Woody Stephens (G2) - D'Funnybone
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Channel: The New York Racing Association · 2010 · Sports
D' Funnybone and a patient Edgar Prado took advantage of blistering early fractions in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens presented by Emirates Airline to rally from off the pace and pull clear to a 3¼-length victory over Discreetly Mine. When the gates opened, Eightyfiveinafifty and Discreetly Mine rocketed to the front, dueling through an opening quarter in 22.28 and a half in 44.82 as Prado kept the 6-5 favorite more than eight lengths back in third. Rounding the turn, D' Funnybone took aim at the pacesetters and swept three-wide into the lead with a furlong to go, hitting the wire in 1:22.64 for the seven furlongs over Belmont Park's fast main track. "I expected to be a little closer, but he broke well and I just bided my time," said Prado. "It worked out perfectly." Remand closed for third, a half-length back, with Thank U Philippe finishing fourth and Eightyfiveinafifty fading to fifth and last in the 26th running of the Woody Stephens, one of five graded stakes on the undercard for the 142nd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes. The victory was the third in four starts this year for D' Funnybone, a 3-year-old son of D'wildcat who won the Grade 2 Hutcheson and the Grade 2 Swale at Gulfstream Park before finishing fourth as the heavy favorite in the Grade 3 Withers at Aqueduct Racetrack.
