Black Mamba Coiled for Beverly Hills Repeat Black Mamba, a New Zealand-bred mare who scored her first American stakes victory in last year's Beverly Hills Handicap (gr. IIT) at Hollywood Park, is back to defend her title June 28 in the $150,000 grass event.
Trained by John Sadler for Doubledown Stables, Black Mamba ended a streak of seven consecutive in-the-money stakes performances without a victory when she captured the 10-furlong Beverly Hills in come-from-behind style by 1 1/4 lengths. She would go on to take the John C. Mabee Handicap (gr. IT) at Del Mar in her next race. But the often trouble-prone 6-year-old bay is winless in five starts since.
|
