Black Mamba wins at Hollywood Park June 29th, 2009
Defending champion Black Mamba caught Charming Legacy just before the wire to win the $150,000 Beverly Hills Handicap by a head at Hollywood Park on Sunday.
Under jockey Garrett Gomez, Black Mamba covered 1 miles in 1:59.72, snapping a five-race winless streak dating to last summer.
Black Mamba paid $3.40 and $2.20. There was no show betting in the field reduced to four with the scratches of Hot n Dusty and Restless Soul. The place payoff on Charming Legacy, ridden by Joe Talamo, was $3.20.
Black Mamba, trained by John Sadler, won $90,000 to boost her earnings to $808,851.