Galileta’s improvement evident at Turf Paradise

In her first six career starts, Galileta posted a record of 1-0-0. But the 4-year-old daughter of Amira’s Prince has shown great improvement since, going 2-1-2 in her last six after yesterday’s wire-to-wire eye-catcher at Turf Paradise.

With Brayan Pena in the saddle, Galileta took the lead out of the gate and was never seriously threatened, winning by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:30.04 for the 7 1/2 furlongs on the grass. The filly who finished third at odds of 27-1 in the $50,000 Emerald Distaff Handicap on Aug. 15, paid $3.20 as favorite and earned a check for $8,689, raising her total to $49,556. She’ll be in a new barn for her next appearance after being claimed yesterday.