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Rutherienne in front at the right time

By David Grening
Daily Racing Form

Saturday, September 19, 2009

ELMONT, N.Y. -- As they hit the wire in unison at the end of Saturday's Grade 3 Noble Damsel Stakes at Belmont Park, Alan Garcia, the jockey of 2-5 favorite Rutherienne, congratulated Javier Castellano, the rider of 9-1 shot Quiet Meadow for winning. Thus, no one was more surprised than Garcia when it was Rutherienne's number that was put on the tote board as the winner of the $107,000 Noble Damsel, by a left nostril over Quiet Meadow. "How did that happen?" an exasperated and relieved Garcia ...

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