The return of stakes racing to Virginia offered up a thirller for race fans, with a photo finish in this week\u2019s Your DancerMemorial.\u00a0 Longshot Kirbysburg(KY)<\/b>just held off a hard charging Prado Union(KY)<\/b> to snatch the victory by ahead after the official review.\u00a0 The four year old son of Teuflesberg notch his seventh career stakes victory and his first since last August.\u00a0 It is his twelfth win in twenty eight starts, and inches him closer to that half million dollar earnings mark, giving him $462870 for his career.\u00a0 He also picked up some rankings ground in the Older Turf Sprint Division, coming out of the race with a ranking of 136 overall.\u00a0 The savvy handicappers are buying the drinks tonight, with some quite nice payouts being collected at the betting windows.\u00a0 The winner paid $19.80 $8.10 $6.20 across the board.\u00a0 Exotics paid well with at $125.30 payout in the exacta and a whopping $862.10 in the trifecta.<\/p>\n
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Kirbysburg(KY) managed to get himself out front early,shrugging off some early pressure at the break.\u00a0 By first call, he had put some distance on all but one of his challengers, race favorite Strong Stuff(KY)<\/b>, who was hanging within a half length.\u00a0 He extended his lead to a length and a quarter at the half, and as they crossed into the back half, he appeared to get even stronger.\u00a0 He showed no signof fading, with a two length lead as they crossed the third call.\u00a0 The closers were moving, slowly gaining ground, but Kirbysburg(KY) looked well in control as they headed for the wire.\u00a0 The closers found another gear in the stretch, and what was looking like a walk away suddenly turned into a pitched battle as they headed for the wire.\u00a0Prado Union(KY) broke away from the crowd, racheting it up a notch,quickly eating up the leader\u2019s cushion, giving it all he had as the wire came into sight.\u00a0 When the dust cleared, the photo showed Kribysburg taking it by a scant head, with Prado Union(KY) still driving hard in second.\u00a0 Elite Concrete took third place honors, a length and a quarter out at the wire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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