August 16, 2009
Anne's Purse First in the Rainbow Connection

FORT ERIE, August 16...Anne’s Purse was first under the wire in the $125,000 Rainbow Connection Stakes Sunday afternoon at Fort Erie.

With Gerry Olguin in the irons, the Robert Barnett trained runner overcame a slow beginning and rallied from off the pace to score by 3 ¼ lengths. Anne’s Purse ran five furlongs over a yielding turf course in 1:00 2/5.

Anne's Purse wins the 2009 Rainbow Connections Stakes at Fort Erie Race Track

“The turf was a bit soft today, said Olguin. “She is usually quick out of the gate but today it took her a quarter mile to get her feet under her and when she did we were o.k.”

The win was the fourth in eleven lifetime starts for the four-year-old daughter of Porto Foricos. The winner’s share of $75,000 boosts her career earnings to over $282,000.

Owned and bred by Big C Little C Stable, Anne’s Purse paid $6.80, $4.40 and $6.90. Koonunga Hill finished second, $7.70 and $11.70, (ex. $66.70). Bold Maneuver ended up third, $27.30, (Tri $537.50).

Daryl Wells
Media and Communications
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e-mail: dwells@forterieracetrack.ca