Countess Curlin remained unbeaten at a mile Sunday at Sunland Park, when she rallied from between horses to win the $50,000 Island Fashion by four lengths. Countess Curlin is now 3 for 3 at the distance, with her other wins coming in races at Retama Park and Sam Houston.

The Island Fashion was for 3-year-old fillies and served as a prep for the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks at 1 1/16 miles on March 24. Shesatopattraction finished second, while it was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Infinitely.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Humble Smarty is now 2 for 2 as a 9-year-old after drawing clear by 4 1/4 lengths in the $60,000 Nodouble Breeders’ at Oaklawn Park on Sunday. Star North finished second in the six-furlong race for Arkansas-breds, while it was another length back in third to Breckenridge. 

ARCADIA, Calif.- Game On Dude seems to be at the top of every category at Santa Anita this year.

Game On Dude will carry top weight of 125 pounds for Saturday’s $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap, and will be a heavy favorite in the richest race of the meeting for older horses.

A bruised foot will prevent Demonic from making his stakes debut in the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes on March 9 at Santa Anita, trainer John Sadler said.

The Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes is run over 1 1/16 miles and is a key prep for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 6.

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Sadler said that he has no specific plans for Demonic this spring.

Sahara Sky has emerged as the dominant sprinter at Santa Anita this year, with wins in the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes on Jan. 19 and the Grade 2 San Carlos Stakes on Saturday.

A 5-year-old horse, Sahara Sky is scheduled to make his next start in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes over 6 1/2 furlongs on April 6. If he wins that race, he will be the first horse to sweep those three major sprints since Big Jag in 1999. Kona Gold won the 2000 Palos Verdes and Potrero Grande, but was beaten a nose by stablemate Son of a Pistol in that year’s San Carlos.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Beholder, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2012, worked five furlongs in 59.60 seconds on Sunday, preparing for Saturday’s $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita.

The workout could have been much quicker, trainer Richard Mandella said.

“She looked pretty nice,” Mandella said. “She galloped out very nicely.

“We didn’t let her do too much. It’s time to run.”

Violence, who suffered the first loss of his career when second in the Fountain of Youth Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, fractured a sesamoid bone in his right front ankle, and his racing career is in jeopardy, trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday morning.

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Pletcher said the fracture would not require surgery. He said Violence was "resting comfortably" in his stall at the Palm Meadows training center.

The anatomy of Ive Struck a Nerve’s 135-1 upset in the Risen Star Stakes began forming not long after the colt’s fading fourth-place finish in the Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 19 at Fair Grounds. In the Lecomte, trainer Keith Desormeaux saw a colt fighting his rider, a horse who declined to switch off early and finish late, the way his trainer wanted Ive Struck a Nerve to race. It was a problem dating to this past summer, when Ive Struck a Nerve became rank and aggressive when Desormeaux first stretched him out to two turns.

Twenty Hawks, stretching out from 6 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles, led wire to wire under 2012 Eclipse Award apprentice Jose Montano in Saturday night’s $35,000 Winter Handicap at Charles Town.

A 6-year-old gelding owned by Kyle Yost and trained by Ronney Brown, Twenty Hawks  ($9.60) finished two lengths in front of Who We Gunna Call, part of a 6-5 favored entry with Righteous Again. It was another 2 1/4 lengths back to Tapana.

Skip a Smile, the 2011 Texas-bred horse of the year, withstood a claim of foul by the rider of Coyote Legend, who won the same honor in 2012, to win Saturday night’s $50,000 Jersey Village at Sam Houston Race Park. Skip a Smile won by a length over Doctor Romane, while Coyote Legend ended up sixth after being forced to check sharply in the stretch under jockey Roman Chapa.