And One More Time takes De La Rose S. for third stakes win

And One More Time scored a gate-to-wire win in the $150,000 De La Rose S. July 17 at Saratoga to give the 4-year-old Live Oak Plantation colorbearer her third lifetime stakes win.

Trainer Mark Casse stated before the race that the plan was to have And One More Time go to the lead, and she did just that, setting a comfortable half-mile in :48.13. She maintained her one length lead around the final turn, the repelled several challenges in the stretch to win by 1 ¼-lengths in1:34.36 for the mile on the firm turf.

“She had a tough trip last time (when fifth in the Just A Game (G1)), it wasn’t her fault. She was wide on both turns. I felt like looking at the horses that had beat her before, she could beat them [today],” Casse said.

Winner of the Grade 1 Natalma S. as a 2-year-old, And One More Time captured the Plenty O Grace S. in April at Aqueduct. She bred by William Harrigan and Mike Pietrangelo in Kentucky.

And One More Time is now 5-1-0 in 10 starts and has earned $529,672. Her siblings include Grade 1 winner and $2.6 million earner Simply in Front, three-time graded winner Honor D Lady and stakes winner Churchtown.

Casse said he will consider And One More Time for the 1 1/16-mile Grade 2, $300,000 Ballston Spa on August 22, also at Saratoga.