Queen of the Creek, Awesome Maria win at Saratoga

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Queen of the Creek and Awesome Maria won 1-mile divisions of the Riskaverse Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Saratoga Race Course on Thursday.

Queen of the Creek, ridden by Julien Leparoux, led from the start and won by 3 1/2 lengths with a time of 1:33.94. She paid $10.40, $4.90 and $4.40. Ultimate Class was second and returned $18.80 and $10.60, and Kittylicious finished third and paid $8.60.

Awesome Maria, trained by Tiodd Pletcher, took a narrow lead inside the 1-16th pole and beat Snow Top Mountain by a half-length. She ran the distance in 1:35.06 in her turf debut and paid $4.70, $2.90 and $2.60. Snow Top Mountain paid $3.40 and $2.60 for second, and In Te Domine paid $4.60 in third.