Keertana Wins Mother's Day Feature

May 09, 2010 Gary Yunt

Barbara Hunter’s Keertana collared pacesetter C.S. Silk at the head of the stretch and cruised to an easy 4 ¼-length victory in Sunday’s $55,854 feature race for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs.

    Trained by Tom Proctor and ridden by Garrett Gomez, Keertana raced third in the early stages of the 1 1/16-mile race as C.S. Silk cut out fractions of :24.45, :48.08 and 1:11.72. Gomez moved Keertana off the hedge on the far turn, swooped past C.S. Silk and completed the distance on a firm Matt Winn Turf Course in 1:42.03.

    Keertana is a 4-year-old homebred daughter of Johar out of the Storm Cat mare Motokiks. The victory, Keertana’s second in two 2010 starts, improved her record over the Matt Winn Turf Course to 5-3-2-0 and was worth $35,280 to swell her career bankroll to $429,525 with a record of 15-6-4-3.

    Keertana returned $2.80 and $2.10 in the field of five in which there was no show wagering. C.S. Silk returned $3.40 to place and was followed in order by Happiness Is, Celtic Princess (BRZ) and French Kiss.

    Racing resumes Thursday with a nine-race program beginning at 12:45 p.m. (EDT).

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