The Brittany Farms homebred defeated Quick Credit ($2.50, $2.20) and driver John Campbell by one half-length, topping a $13.80 exactor. After racing overland for much of her trip, Miss Wisconsin ($4.00) and reinsman Mike Lachance finished 8¼ lengths back in third, bottoming the 45.80 triactor.

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Passionate Glide defeated Quick Credit by one half-length.

“[Trainer] Jimmy [Takter] told me that as long as I didn’t fall off I’d win for fun,” Pierce said of Passionate Glide, a daughter of Yankee Glide who now has a seasonal record that reads 4-4-0 from nine starts.

“I knew that the filly was going to be good,” Pierce continued. “She had a couple of nice, easy races under her belt and she was really strong last week, so I felt pretty confident that we could win.”

Pierce and Passionate Glide, who is out of the Joie De Vie mare Miss Marita, sat third through the opening half-mile, which saw the fractions come to life in :28.2 and :58.2, respectively.

Just prior to the half-mile pole, Campbell moved Quick Credit from the two-hole to the lead. In the final turn, Pierce moved his mount first-over and then tucked in behind Campbell as the three-quarters pole flashed to life in 1:29.

In late stretch, Pierce asked Passionate Glide for one more move and the filly responded, getting up for the win under the wire.

“I used her a little bit leaving,” said Pierce, “but I didn’t want to use her too much because the front-end speed hasn’t been holding up that well [tonight]. When John shot to the front down the back, I liked that. I was then able to get in behind him for an eighth of a mile and she liked that a lot. I then tipped out and she had plenty of ‘git.’”