Horse Racing Roundup : High-Weighted Broad Brush Wins Suburban Handicap

High-weighted Broad Brush fought off a challenge by Chilean-import Set Style Saturday to win by a neck in the $387,100 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park.

Broad Brush, a 4-year-old who finished third in the 1986 Kentucky Derby, chased pacesetter Lac Ouimet through the first mile before opening a half-length lead as Lac Ouimet tired.

Set Style rallied down the stretch but could not get past Broad Brush. Bordeaux Bob also mounted a late challenge and finished third, a neck behind Set Style.

Broad Brush, who carried 126 pounds and was clocked in 2:03 in the 1-mile race, paid $2.60, $2.20 and $2.10. Set Style returned $3 and $2.10, and Bordeaux Bob paid $2.10 to show.

Broad Brush earned $232,260 to push his career earnings for Robert E. Meyerhoff to $2,622,173. The horse also surpassed the $1-million mark in earnings for 1987.

Jockey Herb McCauley and Reel Easy, a 40-1 longshot, held on for a two-length victory over Chris McCarron and Lady’s Secret in the $165,000 Grade II Molly Pitcher Handicap at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.

The winner, trained by Mitchell C. Preger, returned $87.20, $12 and $2.10 after running the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42. Lady’s Secret paid $2.60 and $2.10, and Catatonic paid $2.10 for show.

Lady’s Secret, the 1986 Horse of the Year, is bidding to become the all-time money winner among fillies and mares. The daughter of Secretariat, after winning the $33,100 second prize, is $9,240 short of All Along’s record earnings of $3,015,764.