Total Treasure explodes on Gulfstream West turf

After Total Treasure won the first race at Gulfstream West yesterday, the tote board looked very much like the exploding right field lights when Roy Hobbs hit his famous home run in ‘The Natural.‘ The 4-year-old daughter of Treasure Beach lit up the board to the tune of $115.40, $45.40, and $16.20.

In an unusual twist, there were three Treasure Beach fillies in the field for the 1 1/16ths-mile race on the grass, and the other pair finished third and fourth. With Sand Drift getting third (missing second by a neck), the 50-cent trifecta paid $2,148.70, and with Gia Lia Joe fourth, the 10-cent superfecta paid $1,345.69.

Total Treasure went wire-to-wire with Albin Jiminez for her third victory, earning a check for $11,000 and raising her bank account to $65,445.