From Del Mar Publicity
DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2014) — Reddam Racing’s More Complexity, the 7-2 second choice under jockey Mario Gutierrez, collared Sweet Marini with less than a sixteenth of a mile remaining and went on to score a half-length victory in Sunday’s featured $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes for Golden State Series eligible older fillies and mares.
More Complexity, well-placed in mid-pack in a field of nine distaff sprinters in the early stages of the seven-furlong race, responded gamely to overtake Sweet Marini who had swept to the lead in the upper stretch under jockey Martin Garcia but then was unable to withstand the winner’s challenge.
Sweet Marini held on to nose out Warren’s Veneda for runner-up honors, with Meinertzhageni another half-length back in fourth.
More Complexity, a three-year-old daughter of Square Eddie trained by Edward Freeman, ran the distance in 1:22.51 and returned $9.20, $5.80 and 4.20. First money of $57,000 after the filly’s fourth win in ten starts increased her earnings to $214,970. More Complexity is out of the Yonaguska mare Marquis Diamond and was bred by J. Paul Reddam.
“She was here this summer and she has always loved this track,” said Freeman. “She’s been off since September, only because we were pointing for this race. Rather than rush her into something, we decided to take our time and try to win this. If we had gotten beat it would have been a silly idea, but now it looks all right. The whole race was a bit rough; she was never where I wanted her to be. But the good ones overcome it.”
Sweet Marini paid $7 and $5.20, while Warren’s Veneda returned $3.80 for third.
For More Complexity’s pedigree, click http://www.pedigreequery.com/more+complexity.