Elate rallies to win Grade 1 Alabama for fillies at Saratoga
Published
Aug. 19, 2017 7:28 p.m. ET

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) Elate rallied in the stretch to win the $600,000 Alabama for 3-year-old fillies by 5 1/2 lengths at Saratoga.
Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Elate ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:02.19 and paid $10.60, $6 and $4.20 at 4-1 odds on Saturday.
It Tiz Well, the early pacesetter, returned $13.40 and $7.80 at 13-1 odds.
Salty was another head back in third and paid $4.50 to show in the 137th running of the Grade 1 race.
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Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott earned his third career Alabama victory.
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