Bucchero gets winner No. 11, passes $500,000

Bucchero remained one winner behind Awesome Slew on Florida’s freshman sire list when Miss Bellimbusto won the eighth race at Golden Gate Fields last evening in her second start.

The 2-year-old filly bred by Blue River Bloodstock, a $40,000 OBS April 2-year-old, became winner No. 11 for her sire. With her $18,000 paycheck, Bucchero surpassed $500,000 in progeny earnings for the year.

Armando Ayuso put Miss Bellimbusto in perfect stalking position on the inside down the backstretch in the $34,860 maiden special race at 5 1/2 furlongs over the all-weather track. The filly closed the gap on the turn and Ayuso shifted her into the two path between horses at the head of the stretch. From there, she proved best, winning a cavalry charge to the wire by a neck, clocked in 1:04.65.