For anyone not yet convinced that Songbird is the filly to beat for the Longines Kentucky Oaks (USA-I), Land Over Sea delivered further evidence that the champ is as good as she has looked by easily taking down a decent field in the Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (USA-II). A well-beaten second to Songbird in her last two outings, Land Over Sea delivered pretty much the same cavalier treatment to her hapless rivals at the Fair Grounds.
While this is only the first stakes win and second win overall of Land Over Sea's career, her failure to gain more victories earlier is understandable given that she has spent her last five races chasing Songbird. She has actually been quite consistent, with four seconds and a third to go with her two wins from eight starts. It was only a matter of time before she got an opportunity away from her nemesis, and the fans at the Fair Grounds astutely surmised that her lack of wins after breaking her maiden reflected the company she'd been racing in, sending her off as a 9-5 favorite.
How Land Over Sea would have fared against the other top Oaks contender, Cathryn Sophia, is open to question, but she certainly ran like a solid Oaks hopeful at the Fair Grounds. That a filly this nice has been hopelessly outclassed by Songbird every time they've met should give everything else in the division pause for thought---and a good excuse for going somewhere that Songbird isn't.
While this is only the first stakes win and second win overall of Land Over Sea's career, her failure to gain more victories earlier is understandable given that she has spent her last five races chasing Songbird. She has actually been quite consistent, with four seconds and a third to go with her two wins from eight starts. It was only a matter of time before she got an opportunity away from her nemesis, and the fans at the Fair Grounds astutely surmised that her lack of wins after breaking her maiden reflected the company she'd been racing in, sending her off as a 9-5 favorite.
How Land Over Sea would have fared against the other top Oaks contender, Cathryn Sophia, is open to question, but she certainly ran like a solid Oaks hopeful at the Fair Grounds. That a filly this nice has been hopelessly outclassed by Songbird every time they've met should give everything else in the division pause for thought---and a good excuse for going somewhere that Songbird isn't.
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