Solar Charge won the first turf race of his career Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park, when he rallied from off the pace to win the $50,000 Bucharest. He was moving back to the grass, where he had run second four times, following a runner-up finish in the $50,000 Spirit of Texas on the main track last month in Houston.

Solar Charge ($4.20) sat off the pace set by the filly Cowgirl N Up, who led through an opening half-mile in 45.44 seconds. Solar Charge overtook that one to cover the five furlongs on firm turf in 57.33 seconds.

Heavy On Themister and his 32-year-old trainer, Shawn David, won the richest race of their careers Saturday night at Delta Downs, when Heavy On Themister pulled away to a 5 1/2-length win in the $200,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship.

The race was one of six stakes for Louisiana-breds on a program worth $1 million. There were also four rich starter races.

ARCADIA, Calif. - An outside draw could not prevent Suggestive Boy from launching his 2013 campaign with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s $152,000 Arcadia Stakes at Santa Anita.

Breaking from post 12 in a field of 13, Suggestive Boy ($10.40) was three-wide on the first turn and four-wide on the second turn, but had enough momentum through the stretch to win the Grade 2 Arcadia by a convincing 2 1/2 lengths. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Suggestive Boy ran a mile on turf in 1:32.73.

ARCADIA, Calif. – For years, around the time California mandated synthetic tracks, owners Gary and Mary West decided to race their horses exclusively on the East Coast, despite having a home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. They have since moved several of their horses to California, and on Saturday, they had their best day yet at Santa Anita since their homecoming.

Flashback won the Robert Lewis early in the afternoon, and then the Wests and trainer Bob Baffert put a bookend on the day when the improving Guilt Trip rallied to take the Grade 2, $200,250 Strub Stakes for 4-year-olds.

PHOENIX - Smarty B continued her superb form since moving to grass as the daughter of champion 3-year-old Smarty Jones captured Saturday’s $35,000 Glendale Handicap at Turf Paradise. The race was originally slated for Jan. 26 but that card was canceled due to rainy weather.

Trainer John Terranova left his options open on Saturday with Falling Sky, entering his recently acquired 3-year-old in both the seven-furlong Hutcheson at Gulfstream Park and the 1 1/16-mile Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs. And in the end, Terranova made the right choice.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Donoharm won his fifth straight race on Saturday, when he forged past 3-5 favorite San Pablo in the final sixteenth of the $100,000 Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park. He won by three-quarters of a length, while San Pablo held second over a fast-closing Win Willy, who was another half-length back in third. The Essex was the first local prep for the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 13.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Honorable Dillon may be a little on the green side but was still talented enough to outlast the fast-closing Forty Tales to register a half-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

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OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Owner Michael Dubb thought he was getting a useful horse when he claimed head Heart Hoof for $35,000 last February. He didn’t think he was getting a graded stakes horse.

 But Head Heart Hoof became a graded winner Saturday when he held off fellow New York-bred Johannesburg Smile by one-half length to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan at Aqueduct. It was 1 1/2 lengths back to Sinai in third. P J’s Magical Wink, Isn’t He Perfect, and a slow starting Mine Over Matter completed the order of finish.

ARCADIA, Calif. – In a race tailor-made for his front-running style, Flashback proved yet again that talent trumps experience by running away  from his three rivals in the Grade 2, $196,000 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, firmly establishing himself as one of the leading Kentucky Derby contenders on the West Coast.