Longshot Juanita upset 2-5 favorite Plum Pretty in the 27th
running of the LaTroienne (GII) in the 6th race at Churchill Downs
on Oaks Day.
Paying $35.40 to win after going off at 16-1, the daughter of
Mineshaft won by a healthy two lengths under a Ramon Dominguez ride. St. John’s
River, making her 2012 debut, rallied for second. Plum Pretty finished third.
Trained by Mike Maker, Juanita ran past Plum Pretty, then
held off the charge of a rushing St. John’s River. “The favorite went to the
lead and I was happy to sit right next to her,” Dominguez said of the stalking
trip. The jockey said of trainer Maker, “He just let me ride my race and it
worked out great.”
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