Curl Talk says ‘goodbye’ in Finger Lakes allowance

As the field was galloping out following Curl Talk’s nearly eight-length romp in the fourth race at Finger Lakes yesterday, announcer Tony Calo wistfully sighed into his microphone, “I didn’t give her enough credit in my pre-race analysis.”

Calo was not alone. Despite Curl Talk’s three-length victory in her career debut at Mountaineer just 20 days earlier, Finger Lakes bettors sent the 4-year-old daughter of Ride On Curlin off at 4-1, fourth choice of five runners contesting the $25,800 allowance race at 5 1/2 furlongs.

The race was over after about 20 yards when Emanuel De Diego gunned his filly out of the gate and she was in front by two lengths before the other riders knew what happened. From there on it was no contest as the filly bred by Lonnie Stokes put more daylight between herself and the other four as she passed the furlong markers in :22.78 and :46.12 and drew the comment “Nobody can step up to the Mountaineer invader” from Calo .

Curl Talk’s final clocking was 1:05.02 and was worth $13,680, giving the filly owned and trained by Shelly Green $23,250 for her two starts. Jokers Run, the 4/5 favorite, was never close, but did get up for second in the final yards.

Finally, Curl Talk paid $10 to the dismay of Calo and the other non-believers. Do we have another sequel to “A Star Is Born?”