Decorated Ace is back; Treasure Beach nears $800,000

Decorated Ace looked like her old self yesterday, winning an allowance optional claimer on the grass at Lone Star Park and putting Treasure Beach in position to pass the $800,000 mark in progeny earnings for 2020.

In making it to the winner’s circle for the first time this year, the 4-year-old filly became Treasure Beach’s 28th winner and earned a check for $25,368, boosting her total to $178,481 and her sire’s to $793,686. Decorated Ace, bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon, now sports a record of 4-3-3 in 19 tries.

Lane Luzzi hustled Decorated Ace away in fifth place along the rail in the 7 1/2-furlong turf race, and she remained there with a bead on the leaders down the backstretch. On the turn for home, Luzzi took her between horses and at the top of the stretch, there were no less than six with a legitimate chance to win. In deep stretch, however, it was just Decorated Ace and Love on Tides and the Treasure Beach filly proved best, winning by one-half length and paying $16.