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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

My Flag Flies

Compiled From Wire Services

Neither rain nor flood nor gloom of day nor pace of race could stop My Flag as the great filly made two moves to the outside, found running room and raced to a dramatic victory in the mud over Escena in the Gazelle Handicap at Belmont Park in New York.

It was pretty much the same cast that ran in the Alabama at Saratoga one month ago, and for a while, it looked like the same stuck-in-traffic storyline for the star.

But Jerry Bailey averted another disappointment when he turned My Flag to the outside twice, and then asked her to run. And she ran. She flew past Escena, who finished second for the fourth time in her last five races, past Bright Time, and past Top Secret, who had led all the way.

Dramatic Gold led all the way to win the $205,650 Del Mar Breeders’ Cup Handicap by a neck over Alphabet Soup to move closer to the $2 million mark ($1,924,850) in career earnings.

Ridden by Kent Desormeaux and carrying 118 pounds, Dramatic Gold covered one mile in 1:34-3/5 and, as the 23-10 second-favorite, paid $6.60 and $2.40.