Distreetly Mine set the pace and then held off all comers for the win at the Fair Grounds in a race that saw the top four horses at the 6f mark finish in that same order. Ron the Greek and Stay Put were able to rally from the back of the field to grab 5th and 6th place, but they never posed a serious threat to win this race at any time. Not sure where to rank the performances in this race given the Merry-Go-Round nature of the pace given the fact that some of the early races of the day saw some scorching fractions on the board but the Risen Star featured anything but that. The leaders hit six furlongs in 1:13.44 and the mile in 1:38.17. For comparisons sake, three year old fillies went 1:11.75 for six and 1:38.54 for the mile in the Grade 3 Silverbulletday. The come home time in the Risen Star wasn’t bad but the early pace was pedestrian. Perhaps the Louisiana Derby will tell us more.