(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Millennium Farms Luna Vega swung widest for the drive before gaining command in midstretch and drawing off to a length and a half score in the $300,000 Grade 2 Molly Pitcher Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday.

Trained by Steve Asmussen, Luna Vega stepped the mile and a sixteenth over a fast main track in 1:41 4/5 and returned $13, $5.40 and $3.40.  Spritely completed the $49 exacta and paid $4.20 to place and $2.60 to show.  It was another seven lengths back to Devil House, who paid $5 to show.  Euphony, the post-time favorite, never factored and finished fifth, the first time she was off the board in 13 career outings.

“There was a lot of speed in the race so I just stayed behind everyone,” said winning jockey Elvis Trujillo, who scored his fifth victory on the card in the Molly Pitcher.  “At the 3/8ths pole I came out and she ran a good race from there.”

A 4-year-old filly by Malibu Moon from the Rock Royalty mare Donnavega, Luna Vega improved her lifetime mark to 4-3-1 from 14 starts.  She has now earned $287,692 for her connections.

Live racing returns to Monmouth Park on Wednesday, Sept. 2.  Gates open at 11:30 a.m. with first post set at 12:50 p.m.  As always the racetrack is open seven days a week for simulcasting from across the country and around the globe.