Cryptoclearance Makes Up 15 Lengths to Win at Gulfstream

Favored Cryptoclearance used a powerful late run to catch pacesetting Slew City Slew and score a 1 1/2-length victory Sunday in the $200,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

Ridden by Jose Santos, Cryptoclearance ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50 1/5 and paid $4.40, $3.20 and $2.40. Slew City Slew paid $5.60 and $4.40, while Primal paid $4.40 to show.

Slew City Slew led by three lengths heading into the stretch and looked like a winner, with Cryptoclearance still 15 lengths back.

Then Cryptoclearance made his move on the extreme outside, looping the field and setting his sights on the lead. He passed Slew City Slew inside the 70-yard marker and increased his lead with every stride in the final yards.

The victory, with a $120,000 purse, moved the 5-year-old son of Pappiano into second place in earnings among horses still in training. He now has $2,437,317 in 35 starts, winning 10 with nine seconds and five thirds.

Owned by Phil Teinowitz of Chicago, Cyptoclearance finished fourth in the 1987 Kentucky Derby, third in the Preakness and second in the Belmont.