BY BROCK SHERIDAN<\/p>\n
Florida-bred millionaire Mystic Lake<\/a> had a fight on her hands with My Magic Wand for the first four furlongs but eventually got clear at the top of the lane to win the $62,500 Manatee overnight handicap<\/a> at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday. Now undefeated in four career starts at Tampa Bay including a seven-and-a-half-length romp in the $120,00 Minaret<\/a> on February 7, Mystic Lake went off as the 1-5 favorite against six other fillies and mares, 4-years-old and older going seven furlongs.<\/p>\n Mystic Lake broke from post five with Flavien Prat<\/a> aboard and raced third between My Magic Wand on the outside and Flowers for me on the rail. After a quick quarter-mile split in :21.90, Flowers for Me surrendered while My Magic Wand stayed even with Mystic Lake around the turn through a taxing half mile in :43.68. Mystic Lake proved too much as she spurted clear while passing the three-sixteenth pole then galloped home to win by four-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:22.17 on the fast track. My Magic Wand kept second while St. Olaf Rose was three-quarters of a length farther back in third.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mystic Lake paid $2.40 to win.<\/p>\n The 5-year-old daughter of Mo Town has won six of her last seven including going five-for-eight last year. She started 2025 with a victory in the Grade 2 Inside Information<\/a> presented by MyRacehorse at Gulfstream Park in January then after losses in the Grade 1 Resolute Racing Madison at Keeneland and in the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery at Churchill Downs won four consecutive races. She took in the $100,000 Memorial Day Sprint<\/a> at Lone Star Park in May, the $113,000 Dashing Beauty<\/a> at Delaware Park in July, the $250,000 Misty Bennett Pink Ribbon<\/a> at Charles Town in August and the $150,000 Liberty Bell<\/a> at Parx Racing in September.<\/p>\n