Tenple Fur Wins Betsy Ross at Gulfstream

Temple Fur won the $75.000 Betsy Ross Stakes on Monday--adding her first stakes win to what has been an impressive turf season at Gulfstream Park.

Temple Fur, ridden by Gerardo Corrales, split horses in the top of the stretch and pulled ahead to beat First Illusion by 3 1/2 lengths in the 7 1/2 furlong turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Pancake finished third, a head behind First Illusion.

Jessica Campitelli trains Temple Fur for owner  Stirrup Trouble LLC.

Temple Fur  won in the solid time of 1:28.48 on the course listed as  firm. She was the 5-2 favorite in a seven-horse field,  

The win was Temple Fur's third in her last four starts--all on turf at Gulfstream.Her only loss in that span was  a second place  finish  in the  1 1/16  mile Christmas  Past Stakes on June 11. Sharp Kitty,the winner of  that race, was  not in the Betsy Ross.

Temple Fur is a daughter of  the prominent turf sire Temple City.

5 - Temple Fur       7.60    3.80     2.60
9 -  First Illusion               5.80      3.80
3 -  Pancake                                   3.60