Time of the Lepus picked quite a time to score his first victory in nine months.

An 8-year-old gelding who had been unable to win in four starts this season at claiming prices as low as $2,500, Time of the Lepus held off 8-5 favorite Delux Fantasy by a neck in the $10,000 Speed Handicap at the Lincoln State Fair.

The second-longest shot in a field of nine older horses, Time of the Lepus ($83.20) was timed in 51.20 seconds for 4 1/2 furlongs.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Christophe Clement had Celtic Sky ready off a six-month layoff, and jockey Jose Santos gave the 4-year-old colt a heady ride en route to a three-quarter-length victory in the $85,575 Kingston Handicap at Belmont Park.

Reluctant Groom, who made all the pace at odds of 31-1, held second, a head over 7-5 favorite I'm All Yours.

Lady Cherie ($3) did not disappoint the fans who sent her off as the 1-2 choice in the $40,000, Brent's Princess Stakes at Thistledown. She split horses entering the stretch and widened out to a 6 1/4-length tally, running the six furlongs in 1:11.72 over the fast racing strip.

Owned by the M. Y. Racing Stables Inc. and trained by Michael W. Nance, Lady Cherie was ridden by Julio Felix.

Mandy's Gold ($4.40) won for the first time since in 14 months by coasting to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $75,000 My Juliet Stakes at Philadelphia Park.

The 4-year-old Mandy's Gold ran the six furlongs in 1:09.59 for trainer Michael Gorham.

ALTOONA, Iowa - The lightly raced and rapidly improving One Fine Shweetie ($3) recorded her first stakes victory when she scored an easy 1 3/4-length win over five other 3-year-old Iowa-bred fillies in the $67,390 Bob Bryant Stakes at Prairie Meadows.

Under jockey Cindy Noll, One Fine Shweetie stalked pacesetter Only at Night to the stretch, took command entering the lane without being asked, and was ridden out to the wire, clocking the sixfurlongs in 1:10.21.

Running Tide ($9.60) remained unbeaten in four career starts by scoring a 1 3/4-length victory in the $75,600 Legal Light Stakes at Delaware Park.

Ridden by Ramon Dominguez and trained by Eveline Kjelstrup, stalked a fast early pace before making up five lengths in the stretch, covering six furlongs in 1:11.13.

Calends, the 4-5 favorite, finished third, beaten 3 1/2 lengths, after contesting the early pace.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Sunday Break announced his presence as a potential spoiler in War Emblem's bid to win the Triple Crown with a professional one-length victory over Puzzlement in Saturday's $200,000, Grade 2 at Belmont Park. It was two lengths back to Deputy Dash in third place.

Provided all goes well the next two weeks, both Sunday Break and Puzzlement will be in the 134th Belmont Stakes on June 8. They most likely will be the only two horses from the Peter Pan in the Belmont, as dismal showings by Ibn Al Haitham and Fast Decision swept them off the Triple Crown trail.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Forget that Sea of Tranquility, the second choice in Sunday's inaugural running of the $50,000 Frisk Me Now Stakes for 3-year-olds and up, hadn't won since Oct. 29, five races back. Four of those defeats came away from Monmouth Park, and as the 6-year-old showed Sunday, he is a totally different horse here, capturing the Frisk Me Now by 7 3/4 lengths over seven rivals.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - In more ways than one, Crowned Dancer inherited the victory in Sunday's $69,530 Willard Proctor Memorial Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Making his second start, Crowned Dancer was helped when morning-line favorite Expression was scratched due to colic. In the race, an expected early challenge failed to materialize, allowing Crowned Dancer to take the lead on the turn and scoot away to a five-length win.

"He's so fast, and the other speed didn't turn out to go that fast, so we wound up in front," jockey Alex Solis said.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - A B Noodle ran in her first race against winners and won the Bay Meadows Oaks by three-quarters of a length over Doc's Lil' Angel on Sunday.

A B Noodle, who set the pace in her past two starts was content to sit in second behind Yourfinalanswer during the early portion of the 1 1/16-mile turf race. She moved in front of Yourfinalanswer heading into the stretch and held off Doc's Lil' Angel, who rallied wide from last place. The winning time was 1:43.11.