Love Love Me Do scores first career win at Belterra Park

Love Love Me Do just kept getting closer and closer to the winner's circle in her last three races.

An eighth-place finish on May 22, 2015 in her first start for owner by Dr. Bryan Waldridge, who is the equine vet at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., and trained by Tim Wilson, the farm manager at Old Friends, she followed that up with a second on June 13, and second on June 26; both also at Belterra Park.

Following those two races, they let her out on a farm to just rest, relax and be a horse for a month.

Then, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, 5-year-old Love Love Me Do finally put it all together, and with regular rider, Yuri Yuranga aboard, rallied down the stretch five-wide, reeled in all of the horses in front of her, past them easily and crossed the finish line a 1-1/4-length winner over My Lil Anto.

Love Love Me Do, with jockey Yuri Yuranga riding, won her first race on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Belterra Park for owner Dr. Bryan Waldridge, who is the equine vet at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., and trainer Tim Wilson, the farm manager at Old Friends. (Photo by Rick Capone/KentuckyHorsePhotos.com)

Finishing third in the 12-horse Maiden Claiming Race for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up was Ceresride, followed by Hurricane Sophia, Our Little Joy, Shades of Sunset, Tucupita, Blushing Shine, Lady Fitz, Lady Goldie, Gullies Treasure and Pino Grigio.

Love Love Me Do, who is by Birdstone-Belle Chante, by War Chant, ran the six furlong race on the dirt track rated Fast in 1:14.34. She now has one win, two seconds and $6,385 in earnings in nine career starts.

More important, on this Sunday, she and all of her connections are having so much fun, you'd think they just won the Kentucky Oaks.