Strong stretch run wins for Cone’s Magic at San Isidro

Laurel Park’s simulcasting of the races from San Isidro on Wednesdays gives racegoers a chance to see some of the many sharp Treasure Beach colts and fillies who perform in Argentina.

Those who tuned in yesterday got a real treat while watching a maiden race for fillies and mares at 1,600 meters, equal to about 40 feet short of one mile. The race was won by Cone’s Magic, a 4-year-old Treasure Beach filly who looked like Silky Sullivan cruising down the long San Isidro stretch.

Gabriel Bonasola had the filly in seventh place in a field of nine for most of the trip, and turning for home she appeared to have no chance to finish anywhere near the leaders. But Bonasola shifted her into another gear and Cone’s Magic mowed down the pacesetters with an eye-opening run through the mud in the last eighth of a mile. Sent off at 9/5, she paid $5.60 after completing the course in 1:37.85.