Honorable Daughter remains unbeaten in Merrie Annabelle final

Honorable Daughter remained undefeated in her 2008 campaign, trotting away with her fifth straight victory in the $523,600 Merrie Annabelle Final.

Driven by John Campbell, Honorable Daughter held off a late rally from Dover Miss at the wire to win by a neck in 1:55.4.  It was two and three-quarters of a length back to Margarita Momma in third.  Honorable Daughter paid $3.60 to win.

“She had been racing on the front," Campbell said,  "but I just didn’t want to burn her up the way the fractions were tonight, it would have been better on the front maybe but I just didn’t want her to get caught in a speed duel and have her get tired and beat down to the wire. I knew she would race well off cover.  I called on her in the stretch; she gave me a real good run.  She was getting tired, down by the wire but she dug in and tried real hard.  This filly was dead game.  She went right through the wire.”

Larry Remmen trains the daughter of Malabar Man-Honorable Mother, who was a $32,000 yearling purchase at the Lexington Selected sale.  With this win, Honorable Daughter increased her earnings to $318,401 for Paolo Rosanelli and John Siena, both of Middletown, NY. (The Meadowlands)

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