After the break Salary Drive led Skating and Artisanal through a half-mile in 48.50.  Artisanal was looking for room behind a wall of horses as the field made its way through the far turn while Oak Marsh moved three wide.  In the lane Skating put a head in front as Salary Drive was still dug in gamely in second.  Oak Marsh was three wide but starting to weaken as Artisanal moved off the rail and split foes while driving to the lead, in deep stretch, before drawing off nearing the wire to win The 2011 Little Silver Stakes by a length and a half in a final time of 1:35.77.  Salary Drive was second while Skating held on for third.  Artisanal is a three-year-old dark bay/brown filly owned by Starlight Racing, trained by Todd A. Pletcher and was ridden by Chris DeCarlo.