Porte Bonheur wins Belmonts First Flight Handicap June 29th, 2009
Porte Bonheur beat Spritely by a nose Sunday to capture the $150,000 First Flight Handicap for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.
Ramon Dominguez swung the 4-year-old four wide turning for home and Porte Bonheur rallied relentlessly to earn her sixth win in 11 starts.
Trained by David Duggan, Porte Bonheur ran the seven furlongs in 1:22.45 on the fast track to earn $90,000 for Johanna Murphy-Leopoldsberger.
The 2-1 favorite, Porte Bonheur paid $6, $3.40 and $2.40. Spritely returned $4.80 and $3.10. Turn Away paid $2.90 to show.
Iron Butterfly was fourth followed by Sunday Geisha and Carolyns Cat.