Beau Choix filly pays spicy $18.80 at Gulfstream

Spicy Nelly gave Beau Choix his second winner in the past few days, coming from well off the pace to score her second victory in a one-mile turf race at Gulfstream Park.  The 3-year-old filly owned and bred by Just For Fun Stable was ridden by Leonel Reyes, who found room along the rail after her slow start and waited until the field reached the final turn to make his move. The official chart says Spicy Nelly “produced a quick kick near the three-eighths pole,” took the lead leaving the turn and held off favorite Nikki’s Cause by three-quarters of a length. It was another 13 lengths back to the third-place finisher.

Spicy Nelly was clocked in a good 1:37.61, paid $18.80 and collected a check for $19,000, raising her total to $57,557 on a record of 2-3-1 in nine starts.