Plesa reels in juvenile stakes at Monmouth

Live Oak Plantation's Souper Colossal took the field gate-to-wire for his

third win in a row in Sunday's $101,000

Sapling Stakes for two-year-olds at

Monmouth Park as the even-money favorite.

"It's been an unbelievable weekend," Plesa said. "We knew this horse would

run well today. That was exactly what we were hoping for and he certainly showed

up today. We'll talk it over with the owner and see where we'll go from here,

but he sure showed that he's a classy horse with a bright future." 

Souper Colossal broke his maiden in his racing debut here on June 7 and was

exiting his stakes bow in the Tyro Stakes at this venue in a race that was taken

off the turf on August 3. The bay colt grabbed $60,000 for his second stakes

victory to increase his career earnings to $117,000.

The son of War Front broke from the outside post and cut in front of

his competition, as jockey Paco Lopez angled him immediately to the rail. Souper

Colossal posted fractions of :23 2/5, :47 2/5 and 1:11 4/5 while cruising in the

stretch to a to a 5 1/2-length score.

In the companion race for two-year-old fillies, Laurie Plesa and Vincent

Rizzuto's Concealedwithakiss stepped up off a 11-length maiden claiming win to

wire the $77,500

Sorority Stakes.

The Eddie Plesa Jr. pupil reeled off fractions of :22 1/5 and :45 1/5 on her

way to a two-length victory. Coco's Wildcat, the 2-1 favorite, chased the

eventual winner all the way around the track, but could not make up any ground

and had to settle for runner-up.

Concealedwithakiss covered six-furlongs in 1:11 2/5 over the fast main track

with Angel Serpa up. Sent off as the 6-1 fifth choice, the gray paid $15.40 for

the victory and banked $45,000 to boost her bankroll to $57,540 from two starts.

"I know there was a lot of other speed in the race, but my filly showed me so

much last time," Serpa said. "She showed so much speed going five furlongs and

today going six I knew as long as she broke well I'd let her run. She's a really

good filly, really fast."