Inchacooley Wins Oak Tree Feature

Inchacooley took the lead midway through the stretch and held off Statua to win Thursday’s $49,000 feature race in Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting by a head.

Inchacooley, ridden by Alex Solis and carrying 117 pounds, covered one mile on turf in 1:39 2/5 and paid $11.20.

The victory was the first in five U.S. races and the fourth in 25 lifetime starts for Inchacooley and was worth $29,400, increasing her earnings to $121,955.

Statua finished one length ahead of Palme D’or, the 5-2 second choice.

The rest of the order of finish in the allowance race was 7-5 favorite Mownawer, Pick’s Change and Ava Knowsthecode.