3/13/2010 Florida Oaks(G3) Diva Delite

9th race - Tampa Bay Downs - March 13, 2010
Race Name: Florida Oaks -Grade: 3
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Sex Restriction: Fillies
Value of Race: $170,000
Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Dirt
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:46.10

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
6	Diva Delite	Rosemary B. Homeister, Jr.	5.60	3.00	2.80
2	C C's Pal	Jeremy Rose		12.80	9.80
7	Mallory Square	Pablo Morales			9.40
Also ran: 3 - Cuff Me , 9 - Awesome Vow , 10 - Yournotthebossofme , 1 - Tesoro de Amor , 8 - Miss Afleet Alex , 4 - Imaginary Saint
Scratched horses: She Be Wild  (Trainer)
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$2 Daily Double		8-6		15.40
$2 Exacta		6-2		74.80
$1 Superfecta		6-2-7-3		1,454.50
$2 Trifecta		6-2-7		591.60
Winning Breeder: Clover Leaf Farms II, Inc.
Winning Owner: Vivian, Barbara and Vittese, Dominic
Winning Trainer: David A. Vivian

2010 Florida Oaks(G3) Diva Delite.pdf

DIVA DELITE 암 2007 USA 흑갈색 전적:15(8/4/2)  G3	Repent 흑 1999 USA {1680} G2 10전(5,3,1) 258 f, 9sw 1.26	Louis Quatorze 루이스커토제 갈 1993 USA  G1 834 f, 37sw 1.20	Sovereign Dancer 갈 1975 USA [C] SP
			On To Royalty 1985 USA  G2
		Baby Grace 흑 1981 ARG  SP 11 f, 3 w, 3 sw	Cipayo 갈 1974 ARG *{1600} LS
			Kathy 갈 1970 ARG  Unr
	Tour Hostess 갈 1996 USA  전(0,0,0) 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Tour D'or 투어도르 밤 1982 USA {1700} SW 256 f, 18sw 1.61	Medaille D'or 밤 1976 CAN  SW
			Debby's Turn 갈 1974 USA  SW
		Counsels Gal 1986   0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	High Counsel 흑 1978 USA
			T N T Gal 갈 1981 USA

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Diva Delite Wins 5th Straight in Florida Oaks
By Jason Shandler
Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:23 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:29 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55874/diva-delite-wins-5th-straight-in-florida-oaks

Local star Diva Delite notched her fifth consecutive win and proved herself in graded stakes company, as she rolled past rivals coming off the final turn en route to a two-length victory in the $175,000 Florida Oaks (gr. III) (VIDEO) March 13 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Trained by David Vivian, Diva Delite was a perfect 3-for-3 as a sophomore entering the 1 1/16-mile Florida Oaks, with her last two wins coming at Tampa in the Gasparilla and Suncoast Stakes. This was her first try in graded stakes competition.

Under the handling of Rosemary Homeister Jr., Diva Delite raced mid-pack in a tightly-bunched field of nine 3-year-old fillies, as Mallory Square and Cuff Me led the way through unhurried fractions of :24.79 and :50.03. There was a large cluster of horses further back in the next group, including Diva Delite, who was widest of all but moving well around the turn.

With a shake of the reigns, Diva Delite breezed past her rivals when they reached the quarter-pole, and took a short advantage into the stretch. Mallory Square was game in upper stretch under Daniel Centeno, as was C C's Pal, who was racing along the rail. But Diva Delite put the race away inside the sixteenth-pole and hit the wire in a final time of 1:46.10 over a fast track.

C C’s Pal, with Jeremy Rose aboard, finished second at 2-1, a half-length better than Mallory Square.

“She broke nicely like she always has and I took a spot behind the lead group,” said Homeister, who also rode the winner in her other two starts this season. “But the pace slowed and I was afraid of up running up on horses so took her out and asked her to wait. She wanted to go after them as we got past the half mile pole, but when I asked her to go she just went past everybody in about five strides. All I was worried about in the stretch was that something might come up inside of us but there was nothing there.”

A daughter of Repent  —Tour Hostess, by Tour d’Or, Diva Delite made her first 12 starts at Calder, winning five times. She broke her maiden in a $32,000 claimer last summer. Overall, the consistent filly has posted an 8-4-2 mark from 15 starts. She has earned $285,067 for her owners, Barbara Vivian and Dominic Vittese. She was bred in Florida by Clover Leaf Farms II.

The ambitious schedule that Vivian has asked of Diva Delite so far has him leaning toward resting the filly rather than pointing for the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I). But nothing has been written in stone.

“You never know what you’re going to do,” Vivian said. “Right now I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do, but she’s run some hard races, and I’ve shipped her back and forth with two weeks apart and three weeks apart; she’s done a lot. She looks excellent, though, so I’m just going to play it by ear.”

The 9-5 favorite, Diva Delite paid $5.60, $3, and $2.80. The exacta (6-2) was $74.80 and the trifecta (6-2-7) was $591.60.

Cuff Me was fourth, followed by Awesome Vow, Yournotthebossofme, Tesoro de Amor, Miss Afleet Alex, and Imaginary Saint. The champion 2-year-old filly of 2009, She Be Wild, was scratched.

Photo: Tom Cooley Photography