Miss Bellimbusto: a laugher by name and by deed

Bucchero’s fifth winner of 2023, Miss Bellimbusto, was perhaps the easiest winner of all.

The 3-year-old filly from the stallion’s first crop sat second down the Golden Gate Fields backstretch, shadowing fractions of :22.16 and :46.11. Jockey Armando Ayuso rushed her up turning into the stretch without a challenge and Miss Bellimbusto proved to be a ton the best, drawing off by 5 1/4 lengths on the all-weather track, while clocked in 1:04.63 for the 5 1/2 furlongs.

The filly bred by Blue River Bloodstock, a $40,000 OBS April purchase, earned a check for $13,200 in the $22,000 starter allowance, raising her total to $40,010 on a record of 2-0-2 in five starts.