With morning line odds of 50-1, then being sent off at 7-1,

Flying Destiny won the $100.000 Showtime Deb Stakes in

an upset, winning by one length and setting a new stakes

record for the 6F dirt race at Hawthorne Race Course for

two-year-old fillies.

Flying Destiny, a two-year-old filly by Date With Destiny, and

trained by 5 A Racing, ran the 6F race over the fast Hawthorne

dirt in a fast final time of 1:09.85. The equivalent race for colts

and geldings at Hawthorne today, the Sun Power Stakes had

a final finish time of 1:10.15.

Flying Destiny took home $60.000 for her win, which gives

her career earnings of $71.90, and a race record of 4-2-0-1.

Wicked Ways finished 2nd, earning $20.000 for her trainer

Broken Spoke Stables, while the Eklie Stable trained Flash

Me Force was 3rd, taking home $16.000 for the show spot.

Official Order of Finish:

How the race was run:

1   Flying Destiny: Won by one length. Was sent to

     the lead early, where she led by 1/4 of a length at

     the quarter pole. At the 1/2 mile mark, was passed

     by the 4 horse, and ran in 2nd, until she regained

     the lead at the 5/8 mile pole, and pulled in front to

     win by one on the wire.

    -Ran a fantastic race in the Showtime Deb Stakes.

     She could have thrown in the towel after losing the

     lead, and running 2nd, but she fought hard, and was

     able to get the lead back to finish strong. With as

     well as she was closing at the end, looks like Flying

     Destiny may do even better going a bit longer.

4   Wicked Ways: Came home 2nd, one length behind

     the winner. After breaking sharply, ran in 2nd at the

     quarter pole, 1/4 of a length behind the leader. At the

     1/2 mile pole, Wicked Ways took the lead, and held

     it until the 1 horse reclaimed it at the 5/8 mark, as

     Wicked Ways tired a bit to finish 2nd, a length back.

    -Ran a great race Saturday. Had she not gotten locked

     in a speed duel up front with the eventual winner, she

     may have had enough left at the end to hang onto the

     lead. Now has a record of 4-2-2-0, and a win and two

     second place finishes in stakes company. Be sure to

     keep an eye on this talented filly in her future starts.

3   Flash Me Force: Finished 3rd, two lengths from the

     winner. Ran 3rd early, just 1/2 of a length from the

     lead at the quarter mile pole. As she reached the 1/2

     mile mark, had pulled within 1/4 of a length from the

     leader, but right after she was finished, as she tired

     and faded back two lengths, where she ended up 3rd.

    -Ran really well early, but she just came up empty

     as she tired after the 1/2 mile mark, and could not

     continue to run with the two front-runners. In her last

     race, the 7F Brandywine Stakes, run over a good dirt

     track, Flash Me Force led the entire race until tiring

     just before the wire to finish 2nd, so thought the 6F

     here would be a perfect fit. The pace here after the

     5/8 mile pole was faster than her last race, and that

     may have caused her to tire.

2   High Seas Warfare: Finished in 4th, three lengths

     behind the winner. After the break, dropped back to

     run in 4th, two lengths from the lead, at the quarter

     pole. Came out 4 wide at the 1/2 mile mark, looking

     like she was getting ready to make a move, but at

     the 5/8 pole, she flattened out, and dropped back a

     length to finish three lengths from the winner.

    -Not really sure what happened to High Seas Warfare

     here. Last time out, she ran well to finish 2nd just a

     nose back in the Grade III Tempted at this distance.

     She was taken back farther early on here, then where

     she has been running her best, so perhaps that may

     be why she came up empty here. Keep an eye on her,

     as this may be a race that can be thrown out.