Ultra Brat on best behavior in Friday's Christiecat at Belmont Park

Ultra Brat on best behavior in Friday's Christiecat at Belmont Park Alex Campbell, Jr's. homebred Ultra Brat made her turf make a big appearance a triumphant one, eating up ground in the stretch and controlling to a last-to-first resentful of the $100,000 Christiecat, the opening-day highlight at Belmont Park.

With Joel Rosario on board for what might be his third win of the day, Ultra Brat dropped back to last along the rail as Coco as in Chanel and Tizanillusion sped past favored Ava's Kitten to the front, towing the field of 10 3-year-old fillies through an opening quarter-mile in 22.46 seconds and a half in 45.21.

Ultra Brat on best behavior in Friday's Christiecat at Belmont Park Energized energetically on the turn, Ava's Kitten went wide to strike the lead at the highest point of the stretch with Most Beautiful in close interest, just to be overwhelmed first by Miss Katie Mae within as she split opponents late, and after that by Ultra Brat, who went amplest of all to win by a neck.


"She had a decent keep running toward the end," said Rosario of Ultra Brat, whose past triumphs on earth came in front-running style. "I didn't have a decent begin and I was agonized over that, yet I simply let her be the place she was and given her accompany a late a chance to run."

Ultra Brat's triumphant time for six furlongs on the firm internal turf course was 1:08.07.

The triumph was the third in six begins for the Uncle Mo filly, whose solitary off-the-board execution this year came when seventh in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness in May at Pimlico Race Course.

Off at 22-1, Ultra Brat returned $47 for a $2 win wager and headed a $258.50 Graham Motion-prepared exacta with stablemate Miss Katie Mae.

"We've for a long while been itching to attempt her on the grass and this appeared like a decent spot," said Alice Clapham, Motion's colleague. "She simply broke a stage moderate out the entryway yet Joel made the best Ultra Brat on best behavior in Friday's Christiecat at Belmont Park decision to let her settle there. At that point, when she got settled, she made a decent move. She's simply been getting more grounded consistently and as she creates as a 3-year-old we've quite recently been content with the way everything's been going."

Miss Katie Mae was a half-length before third-put finisher Ava's Kitten, with Most Beautiful a neck back in fourth. Sky My Sky, Coastal Sea, Ultra Brat on best behavior in Friday's Christiecat at Belmont Park, Athena's Aegis, Malibu Stacy and Coco as in Chanel finished the request of completion.