Tribal Belle seemingly wrapped up the Sovereign Award for Canada's champion female sprinter with her victory in Sunday's $156,500 Bessarabian Stakes at Woodbine. Tribal Belle hit the front exiting the turn, and then held a game Silver Z at bay through the stretch to prevail by a half-length, in a time of 1:22.29 for seven furlongs.

Groomedforvictory drew off to a 3 1/4-length victory over Naughty New Yorker in Sunday's $67,000 Study Hard Stakes for New York-breds at Aqueduct.

Russell Road reaffirmed his status as the best West Virginia-bred in training by cruising to his fifth straight stakes victory in Saturday night's $51,100 A Huevo Stakes for statebreds at Charles Town.

Twin Sparks set a world record for six furlongs on Saturday at Turf Paradise while winning the $50,000 Caballos del Sol Handicap in 1:06.49.

The highly touted American Lion made the successful jump from the maiden ranks to stakes competition when he scored a half-length victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Hollywood Prevue Stakes on Saturday at Hollywood Park.

Acoma probably earned herself another year of racetrack life when she bounced back from two last-place finishes to post a hard-fought victory Saturday in the 36th running of the Grade 3, $111,700 Cardinal Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Haynesfield, who four weeks earlier scored his richest victory in the $250,000 Empire Classic against older New York-bred rivals, captured his first graded stakes victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $103,500 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds.