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Artist's View (1A) stride out to win the Four Leaf Clover
Saturday Night at The Meadowlands in 1:51.

Artist's View Takes Four Leaf Clover Final

March 22, 2008

Artist's View, with driver George Brennan in the sulky, triumphed in an epic duel with Four Starz Sue to take the $94,000 Four Leaf Clover Saturday night at the Meadowlands in 1:51.

Artist's View held off Hard To Beat, who benefited from the garden trip, by a neck at the wire, while a game Four Starz Sue finished third, just three-quarters of a length behind them. Artist's View'sentrymate, Art At Heart, finished fourth.

It was the second stakes trophy this season for Artist's View, who also snared the $71,800 Aquarius in February. The 4-year-old son of Artsplace, trained by Buzzy Sholty, has won 12 of 30 starts and $582,135 lifetime. His biggest payday was the $555,000 Breeders Crown at three. Dm Stables of Naples, Fla. and William Rufenacht of Archbold, Ohio own Artist's View.

"The horse has just been remarkable," Sholty said. "He's fought through all the ailments that he's had. He just keeps doing it and he looks tremendous. He carries his weight, he eats - it's all about his attitude and he's just a great animal. His front feet have contracted heels [a shift of the hoof wall resulting in the narrowing of the foot], so I have to keep after his feet all the time, but basically he takes care of himself.

"I believe we are going to give him a week or so off and you probably won't see him for about three or four weeks," Sholty added.