HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- Any Limit turned the tables on Game Face by winning the $122,500 Hurricane Bertie Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sunday.
Any Limit, beaten last month by Game Face in the First Lady Handicap, drew off to defeat the 2-5 favorite by 1 1/4 lengths in the Grade 3 race for fillies and mares.
Lovely Isle was third, 6 1/4 lengths behind Game Face. Saratoga Tango was fourth and Orinoquia fifth in the small field.
Ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, Any Limit ran 6½ furlongs in 1:15.95 and paid $9.50, $3.20 and $2.20. Game Face paid $2.10 and $2.10. Lovely Isle returned $2.20 to show.
As expected, Any Limit broke on top with Lovely Isle second and Game Face third. At the far turn, Any Limit led Lovely Isle by a length with the favorite another length back in third.
Turning for home, Game Face moved up on the inside and caught Any Limit as they passed the eighth pole. But she never got by her like she did a month ago.
Bred and owned by Joseph V. Shields Jr., Any Limit is a 6-year-old daughter of Lilit Out. Last year, she won successive Grade 2 stakes -- the First Flight Handicap at Belmont and the Honorable Miss at Saratoga. The mare has earned $619,138 with nine victories in 25 starts.