Fly Away Birdie, loser of three maiden special weight races on turf or synthetic at Woodbione, rallied from well off the pace under Jose Ortiz to take the opener, a maiden $50,000 claiming race for 2-year-olds at six furlongs.

The win was the third of the meet for trainer Mark Casse with his 61st starter. He snapped an 0 for 48 skid dating back to July 22, day 3 of the meet.

Casse, who won Sunday's Grade 2 Del Mar Derby, still has two more runners here today --Toy Moon in the sixth and Dream Maker in the Grade 1 Hopeful.