Mattingly stakes-placed in Victoria at Woodbine

One day after Beauty of the Sea gave Bucchero his first stakes-winner, Mattingly presented him with a stakes-placed runner for the second time this season. The 2-year-old colt bred by Lance Colwell finished second in the $126,000 Victoria Stakes at Woodbine.

With Sahin Ciraci in the saddle, Mattingly went head-and-head for the lead in sizzling fractions of :22.20, :45.13 and :57.29, then tired in deep stretch but held on to the runner-up spot. The final clocking of 1:03.60 is less than one second off the all-weather track record for 5 1/2 furlongs.

Mattingly, a $70,000 OBS March purchase owned by Ironhorse Racing Stable and Harlow Stable, earned $18,908 in U. S. funds and raised his total to $83,028 on a record of 1-2-0 in three starts. In his earlier debut at Gulfstream Park, he finished second in the Royal Palm Juvenile before breaking his maiden in his second try.