Repole Stable's Scalable, winless since late March after opening her 5-year-old season with back-to-back stakes victories, swept past rivals including favored leader Donor Advised entering the stretch and opened up to a dominant 9 1/4-length triumph in Sunday's $175,000 Turnback the Alarm (L), a 1 1/8-mile contest for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.
Ridden by John Velazquez for trainer Todd Pletcher, Scalable covered the fast main track in 1:47.31 to earn her seventh career win from 22 starts and fifth against stakes company, boosting her lifetime bankroll to $908,728.
"Very nice," Velazquez said. "She really has started to be one, this one. She was always knocking on the door the whole time, finally got one like this [dominant win] and it was very nice."
Donor Advised, sent off as the 3-5 favorite in a field scratched down to five horses, broke alertly but was content under jockey Manny Franco to settle in second as 16-1 longshot Standoutsensation emerged with the lead and held it through an opening quarter-mile in :23.48 on the fast main track. Velazquez kept Scalable in the clear four-wide, outside Yes It Tiz and Boutwell Time.
The half-mile went in :46.18 with the order unch...