Stonebridge Kisses wins

Stonebridge Kisses defeated the sport's top pacing mares for the third time in five starts when she won the $80,000 Ellamony Super Invitational over Artbitration Friday night at the Meadowlands. The time of the mile was 1:51.3.



Stonebridge Kisses and her usual driver, Yannick Gingras, started from post seven but got lucky and worked out a second-over trip behind Nu-Diamond Star. Stonebridge Kisses was just a quarter length back at the top of the lane and paced home in :26.3 for the victory over the fast-closing Artbitration, who rallied from fourth-over in the stretch with a :26.2 final panel for driver Patrick Berry.



As a testament to the Meadowlands trip factor, the top four finishers in the race started from the four outside slots--seven through 10. Four Starzzzz Ittt, who started from post eight, raced third-over and finished third while Maybe A Rita started from post 10 and picked up fourth money.



Mark Ford trains Stonebridge Kisses, a 5-year-old mare by Artiscape, for owner Martin Scharf. With her Ellamony victory, Stonebridge Kisses has already earned $99,425 this season.

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