Borrowing Base wins Big As Power Lunch Stakes November 30th, 2009
Borrowing Base, the only mare in field, upset Atoned by three quarters of a length Sunday in the $67,250 Power Lunch Stakes at Aqueduct.
Alan Garcia was aboard as Borrowing Base moved into contention with a four-wide surge on the final turn. The 6-year-old continued the rally through the lane, edging past the 1-5 favorite Atoned, who had grabbed a narrow lead in midstretch.
Trained by Patrick Quick, Borrowing Base got her seventh win in 56 starts, paying $28.60, $5.90 and $4.20. Atoned returned $2.60 and $2.10, while Janes Kid paid $4.80 to show.
The time was 3:03.92 for the 1 3/4 miles on the fast track.