(August 16, 2003) - City Sleeper ran the race of her life to capture Saturday night's $35,000 feature at Retama Park. Three ticks off the track record is an eye-catching performance, especially for a three-year-old filly.

Benefiting from a smart ride by leading jockey Jeremy Beasley, City Sleeper sat off a torrid pace set by Salsa Real and Real Bear. A half mile in 45.1 cooked the Cole Norman-trained Salsa Real who spit the bit at the top of the stretch.

At the eighth-pole, Beasley swung City Sleeper to the outside and powered past Real Bear. From out of nowhere, Lady Mallory was flying down the middle of the racetrack. Under furious urging from Ricky Frazier, Lady Mallory drew even with City Sleeper and missed the winner's circle by a head bob. Real Bear was a game third.

City Sleeper got the seven panels in 1.22 & 4/5 seconds. Bucharest set the track record and 1.22 & 1/5 back in 1995, the track's inaugural season. Beasley was suitably impressed.

“This was a quality field, filled with a bunch of classy late runners. We were fortunate to win. But my filly ran a big race,” said Beasley. City Sleeper, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Carson City, is trained by Steve Asmussen for owners Kirk and Judy Robinson.