Anita Cauley's On Fire Baby hadn't raced since May 28 of last year. On April 12 she came back with a vengence, holding off Tiz Miz Sue to win the $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) at Oaklawn Park by half a length.

"I'm really, really proud," Cauley said. "I needed her to act like a racehorse today. I didn't necessarily need the win. This was icing on the cake. We want to have her around for a while."

Trained by Gary "Red Dog" Hartlage and ridden by jockey Joe Johnson, both of whom earned their first grade I stakes scores, the 4-year-old Smoke Glacken filly covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.13, rolling wire-to-wire for the victory over six others. She returned $26.40 on a $2 ticket at 12-1 odds.

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