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Cinco Charlie leads 1-2-3 OBS sweep of Fair Grounds’ Sugar Bowl Stakes

William & Corrine Heiligbrodt’s Cinco Charlie pressed the pace in the $50, 000 Sugar Bowl Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds, took command after straightening away in the stretch and turned back a late run by fellow OBS graduate Bourbon Cowboy (April ’14, August ’13) to win by half a length. Control Stake (August ’13) completed the OBS trifecta. It’s the second straight stakes win for the Steve Asmussen trainee, whose 8-5-0-2 record includes a victory in Churchill’s Bashford Manor Stakes (G3) in June. Purchased for $190,000 out of the Cary Frommer consignment at the 2014 OBS March Sale after working an eighth in :10 1/5 Under Tack Show, the 2-year-old Indian Charlie colt has earned $272,922 to date  watch his under tack video