The Kevin Attard trainee repeated last year's victory in the $175,000 Gr. 3 fall classic for fillies and mares, finding her best stride late.
Sultana
Friends Lou Donato. Teddy Manziaris and Paul Borrelli watched their mare Sultana take the Grade 3 Orchid Stakes at Gulfstream.
Lightly-raced Sultana won her first stakes attempt in the Grade 3 Maple Leaf on Nov. 8 while Hernandez was riding his 20th stakes winner.
The long-time assistant to the late Paul Buttigieg saddled his first winner as a trainer; poor air quality once again cancels racing.