Advertisement

Turnback The Alarm Wins American Oaks

Share
Associated Press

Turnback The Alarm won her second consecutive Grade I race, scoring a 1 1/4-length victory in Belmont Park’s $250,000 Coaching Club American Oaks on Saturday.

The Florida-bred daughter of Darn That Alarm-Bonnie’s Girl had won the Mother Goose Stakes on May 23.

Easy Now, ridden by Mike Smith, was second in the field of six 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Pleasant Stage, ridden by Jerry Bailey.

Advertisement

Queen Of Triumph, Secretly and Perfect Gem completed the order of finish.

Turnback The Alarm, ridden by Chris Antley, covered the 1 1/4 miles in 2:03 1/5 and paid $4.80, $2.60 and $2.20 as the favorite. Easy Now paid $3.60 and $2.40, and Pleasant Stage returned $2.60.

Only her third-place finish in the Acorn Stakes, first in the New York Racing Assn.’s Triple Tiara series, prevented Turnback The Alarm from a sweep of the series for fillies. Turnback The Alarm has improved since trainer Red Terrill converted her from a front-runner to a come-from-behind horse.

Turnback The Alarm has won five of 14 career starts to go with five seconds and two third-place finishes.

Advertisement