ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The fields for the Halton and Elgin, two of the four $125,000 yearling sales stakes for 3-year-olds and up here Wednesday evening, will not be finalized until the scratches are in. Pender Harbour, Good Better Best, Aldous Snow, and Renegade Man all have been cross-entered in the two stakes, with the Halton at one mile on turf and the Elgin a 1 1/16-mile Polytrack race.

And with the races having been drawn last Friday, their connections will have had plenty of time to ponder their preferences.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Six stakes for graduates of local yearling sales are on tap Wednesday at Woodbine as a prelude to the Canadian premier yearling sale at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion on Sept. 3 and Sept. 7. Billed as Canadian Millions Sales Stakes Day, the races will be broadcast on Sportsnet ONE from 7-10 p.m. Eastern.

The two 6 1/2-furlong stakes for 2-year-olds are worth $200,000 apiece. Go Greeley should be favored in the Simcoe for colts and geldings, and On Rainbow Bridge is the one to knock off in the Muskoka for fillies.

A Thousand Aces ($17.80), a 3-year-old gelding claimed for $4,000 at Sacramento, outdueled Tiger Cat in the lane to win the $30,550 C.J. Hindley Humboldt County Marathon on Sunday at Ferndale.

A Thousand Ace’s victory denied trainer Quinn Howey an almost-perfect Humboldt County Fair meeting. Howey set a record with 16 wins, but the win he wanted most in the Marathon eluded him. He saddled three runners, Tiger Cat, odds-on favorite Graeme Crackerjack, and Surfer Dave, who finished second, third, and fourth.

Chu and You scored a front-running, 2 1/2-length victory in the $49,500 Barbara Shinpoch Stakes at Emerald Downs on Sunday night to remain unbeaten in three career starts and get her second stakes win.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The track was considered his Kryptonite, he needed a last-second replacement rider for a replacement rider, and 11 others were signed up to get him, some seemingly with the speed to make it a challenge. But there was one thing Game On Dude had that the others in the Pacific Classic did not: He was the best horse – by far.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Late-August stakes at Del Mar are ideal for Fed Biz.

In 2012, Fed Biz won the $100,000 El Cajon Stakes for 3-year-olds over a mile Aug. 31. On Sunday, he won a more valuable prize, the $251,750 Pat O’Brien Stakes over seven furlongs.

Fed Biz set a track record of 1:21.12, slightly faster than the 1:21.17 mark set by Lewis Michael in the same race in 2008. The victory gave Fed Biz a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita in November. Last November, Fed Biz finished eighth of nine in the BC Dirt Mile at Santa Anita.

DEL MAR, Calif. – For a horse accustomed to being on the lead, Obviously started slowly in the Del Mar Mile Handicap on Sunday, but he soon got in gear and saved his best for last.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Summer Applause, trounced by multiple Eclipse Award winner Royal Delta in the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap in her previous start, scored a confidence-restoring victory in the $72,750 Lady’s Secret Stakes for fillies and mares Sunday at Monmouth Park.

After a slight bobble at the break, Summer Applause assumed a stalking position before rallying three wide on the final turn.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Two-time Eclipse Award winner Royal Delta left little doubt that she is indeed still the queen of her division and erased the memory of one of the few blemishes on her outstanding résume’, cruising to a 4 1/2-length victory over Authenticity in Sunday’s $600,000 Personal Ensign. Royal Delta finished second as the odds-on favorite in the 2012 Personal Ensign.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Summer Front, the even-money favorite, uncorked an explosive stretch rally to win the Grade 3, $101,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes on the turf at Monmouth Park on Sunday.

Joe Bravo was aboard for his fourth win of the day and a sweep of the day’s two stakes. He earlier captured the $72,750 Lady’s Secret aboard Summer Applause.

Summer Front, a 4-year-old trained by Christophe Clement, got his seventh win in 13 starts. As usual, he was well off the early pace set by Tune Me In, the winner of last year’s Cliff Hanger.