Mahoning Valley Race Course · Tuesday, December 2, 2025 · Race 4 of 8

Claiming

dirt, sloppySix FurlongsPurse $18,4008 ranPost 2025-12-02 14:12:00Final time 1:13.79Pool $45,465

Good for all except 3,4

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
11Cause of Love
stlkd,bid3/16,drw clr
Alexander Chavez75311—2.9045B
E1 94 · LP 104
23Hello Sweets
took up, rallied 2nd
Angel Diaz885323¼1.0041B
E1 85 · LP 101
32Chloes Angel
blkd trn,4w bid,gain3d
Fernando Salazar Becerra664534½17.4028B
E1 92 · LP 98
44Tale of the Lyon
pace,game,tired late
Jose Bracho511245¾7.8018B
E1 97 · LP 91
56Beautiful Charade
vied btw,bid1/4,flattn
Rocco Bowen4224563.0030B
E1 96 · LP 91
65Line Dancer
close early, kept on
Yan Aviles377666½30.9038B
E1 92 · LP 97
77Highly Explosive
vied 3-deep, tired
Brandon Tapara2367712¼56.3033B
E1 95 · LP 86
88My Two Jakes
prssd5w,empty stretch
Alexander Crispin148881854.502B
E1 95 · LP 81

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

12345678start1/41/2stretchfinish3Hello Sweets2Chloes Angel4Tale of the Lyon6Beautiful Charade5Line Dancer7Highly Explosive8My Two Jakes1Cause of Love

Fractional times

Call 123.42
Call 247.47
Call 31:00.42
Final1:13.79

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)1$7.80—
place ($2)1$3.20—
show ($2)1$2.60—
exacta ($2)1-3$15.20$39,773
place ($2)3$2.40—
show ($2)3$2.20—
trifecta ($0.50)1-3-2$19$25,291
show ($2)2$3.60—
superfecta ($0.10)1-3-2-4$13.96$19,248
Pick 3 ($0.50)6-1-1$48.75$15,396
daily double ($2)1-1$27.20$7,954

Chart notes

CAUSE OF LOVE was a little slow into stride, but moved up to join the early fray before the turn, saved ground tracking the two leaders into the stretch, then responded when set down, gained the lead inside the furlong marker, and drew clear in the final furlong. HELLO SWEETS took up in tight quarters after the start, settled behind the field to the turn, then started to rally from the seven-sixteenths marker, had to wait for racing room late on the turn, then got a nice opening in upper stretch, finished up strong, but could not get to the winner. CHLOES ANGEL settled mid-pack initially, then moved up into the main pack heading into the turn, was without a path much of the way, then bid four-wide into the stretch, had some trouble changing leads in upper stretch but got straightened out and moved up to gain the minor award. TALE OF THE LYON veered in at the start, but still made the lead in the initial stages with several pressing the issue, pulled away on the turn with BEAUTIFUL CHARADE the only other contender at that point, battled gamely to mid-stretch, then tired. BEAUTIFUL CHARADE broke well and contested the early pace from between horses, broke off from the rest to challenge for the lead approaching the quarter pole, then flattened out in the stretch. LINE DANCER raced close up down the backstretch, then started to back up as the field went into the turn, then came back on a bit in deep stretch but was never a serious threat. HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE vied three-deep in the early pace battle, backed off midway through the turn, then tired in the stretch. MY TWO JAKES pressed the early pace five-wide, then had little to offer in the stretch.