Argentina has a party on Silver Beach

Another Treasure Beach runner got to appear front and center yesterday on Gulfstream Park’s simulcast of the races from San Isidro in Argentina, and what a performance she turned in – at a price of 26-1.

Silver Beach is a 4-year-old roan filly owned by Dona Pepa and trained by Miguel Alfaro, who had to endure a 17-race wait until the final race on the card. The wait was well worth it. With Emanuel Cabrera aboard from post 11 in the race at 1,300 meters, Silver Beach was slammed leaving the gate by the filly to her left and wound up last in a field of 16. She remained there until the final turn, some 15 lengths behind the leaders, when Cabrera revved her up between horses and Silver Beach began to roll.

Splitting horses down the interminably long stretch, she quickly made up chunks of ground, but an eighth of a mile out it still appeared that she had no chance to even finish in the top three. However, she never gave up and closed the last five lengths like a jet, getting up to win by a long neck.

When the result became official, the tote board lit up all the way to Buenos Aires, with Silver Beach paying $55.80, $24.80 and $20.40. With long shot Arilou second and paying $45 and $29.20, the $2 exacta came back $1,182. No one tabbed the first three in the 50-cent trifecta, and an 11-6-all paid $1,256.