Duopoly Ships West For Brown, Wires American Oaks Field
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Duopoly and Flavien Prat controlled the pace and won the American Oaks at Santa Anita
Trainer Chad Brown-trained Duopoly made it look easy on Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., as she waltzed to a front-running two-length tally going 1 1/4 miles on turf in the Grade 1, $300,000 American Oaks. Ridden for the first time by Flavien Prat, Duopoly stopped the clock at 2:01.61. on firm turf.
With a hillside start, Duopoly made the lead out of the gate effortlessly and while under a stout hold, enjoyed a length and a half advantage over favored Sharing as the field crossed under the wire for the first time. With Sharing applying pressure heading to the far turn, Prat let out a notch and from the top of the stretch home, Duopoly unfurled a genuinely Grade 1 charge to the wire in an emphatic win.