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Article: NHRA Auto Racing: Acorn next for Final Round.
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- The Sports Network
- Article date:
- May 3, 2003
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May 2, 2003 (The Sports Network via COMTEX)
By MARTY McGEE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (DRF) - Final Round earned a berth in the Acorn Stakes when circling the field and going on to a length victory in the $111,800 La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Pounded down to 6-5 favoritism in a field of six fillies, Final Round was confidently ridden by Jerry Bailey when dropping back to last during the early running of the Grade 3 La Troienne. Always clear while gradually making up ground, Final Round surged past Fast Cookie nearing the sixteenth pole, then outfinished Lovely Sage when completing seven furlongs in 1:22.13 over a fast track.
Fast Cookie ...