Treasure Beach filly improving with age

In her first seven career starts, Josefa was able only to muster up a lone third-place finish. After her wire-to-wire score under Junior Alvarado at Gulfstream Park yesterday, the improved 4-year-old daughter of Treasure Beach is 3-2-1 in her last eight.

At odds of 12-1, Alvarado shot Josefa to the lead from the No. 4 post in the one-mile turf race and she never looked back. The field remained close down the backstretch, but she revved it up on the turn, then easily held off the 7/5 favorite and 5/2 second choice down the stretch, winning by two lengths. The $16,500 winner’s check raised her earnings to $58,550.