Pleasant Acres exacta at Tampa pays $47.80

Add another Pleasant Acres exacta to the growing list, this one coming in the seventh race at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday.

The winner was High Vibes, a 4-year-old Neolithic filly bred in Maryland by Maria and Mary Haire. The runner-up was the phenomenal Charlotte the Brit, the daughter of former Pleasant Acres stallion Treasure Beach bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon. High Vibes Paid $19.80, and Charlotte the Brit was the 9/10 favorite in the race at a mile on the turf course. The $2 exacta paid $47.80.

High Vibes broke her maiden at Tampa in February of 2022, and this victory under Angel Arroyo raised her record to 4-2-5 in 23 starts. She won by nearly two lengths and raced the distance in 1:34.65, just a little over a second off the course record, receiving her career best Equibase ‘E’ speed figure of 88. The check for $13,570 increased her earnings to $84,630.

Charlotte the Brit has posted an eye-opening record of 12-14-11 in 62 starts with earnings of $320,995. She has been first, second or third in 13 straight races dating back to October of last year.