MIAMI – Twilight Eclipse and Mucho Mas Macho were not only the lone 3-year-olds in the field for Saturday’s $150,000 W.L. McKnight Handicap at Calder, they were the only two members of the lineup who had never tried the 1 1/2-mile distance of the Grade 2 event.  But neither factor mattered much in the end.

Jockey Seth Martinez won the 2,000th race of his career when he rode longshot Mission Storm to victory in the fifth race Saturday at Hawthorne.

Martinez, 33, is the son of a trainer and began riding at age 16 in Arizona. As an apprentice he moved his tack to Maryland before carving out a deeper niche at Canterbury Park in Minnesota. At Canterbury, Martinez rode 458 of his 2000 winners. Martinez began riding on the Chicago circuit in 2011 and has become of the steadiest riders both at Arlington and Hawthorne.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Magic Broomstick ($9.60) closed strongly under Emma Wilson to take the $153,400 Bessarabian Stakes over a sharp Wyomia at Woodbine Saturday.

With a cold wind at her back, Silent Serenity set honest fractions in the seven-furlong sprint for the fillies and mares. Magic Broomstick bided her time in sixth on the backstretch, and commenced a five-wide rally on the turn before overtaking Wyomia late to score by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:22.29.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Through flurries that signaled winter’s imminent arrival, Dance Card dashed around Aqueduct’s main track for a front-running victory in Saturday’s $350,000 Gazelle Stakes – the last Grade 1 race of the year in New York.

Breaking alertly beneath Ramon Dominguez – who was notching the fifth win on his birthday for the second straight year – Dance Card grabbed the early lead and the rail through early fractions of 23.92 and 48.62 seconds while pressed from the outside by My Wandy’s Girl.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - With a furlong remaining in Saturday's Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct, owner Mike Repole was resigned to the fact his 2-year-old colt Overanalyze was probably not going to win.

"At the eighth pole, I would have said we will get third place by about two lengths," Repole said. "I didn't think we had a shot."

But on a day when everything went right for Repole, Overanalyze found something in reserve, and despite giving up the lead to Normandy Invasion in deep stretch, he came back to nip that rival and win the $250,000 Remsen by a nose.

Startin Something made easy work of a short field of seven older Ohio-accredited fillies and mares in the $50,000 Bobbie Bricker Memorial at Beulah Park on Saturday.

Jockey Hector Rosario Jr. sent Startin Something to the lead out of the gate and she made the early lead. When challenged on the far turn, Rosario let Startin Something out a notch and she made the rest look easy, drawing off to a 5 3/4-length win.

Sheza Runaway Star was second after closing while wide, and pace-chasing Derby Day Storm was third.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Mike Repole’s self-proclaimed Breeders’ Cup weekend at Aqueduct couldn’t have gone any better, winning three graded stakes Saturday at Aqueduct, capped by a spine-tingling nose victory by Stay Thirsty over the filly Groupie Doll in the Grade 1, $350,000 Cigar Mile.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - In 16 days, Unlimited Budget went from an unraced 2-year-old filly to an undefeated Grade 2 stakes winner with unlimited potential.

Unlimited Budget, running back 15 days after winning her career debut, received a smart, front-running ride from John Velazquez and scored a 1 1/4-length victory in the scratch-reduced $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct.

NEW ORLEANS – Believe You Can was the best 3-year-old filly stabled at Fair Grounds last winter and went from New Orleans on to a win in the Kentucky Oaks. Mark Valeski probably was the best 3-year-old colt here last season, and went from a tough defeat in the Louisiana Derby on to win the Grade 2 Peter Pan at Belmont. Believe You Can arrived at Fair Grounds from Kentucky on Thursday, Mark Valeski gets here this week, and trainer Larry Jones is hoping both horses will once again assume a position of prominence during the Fair Grounds meeting.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The best way for jockey Garrett Gomez to accent a three-win day at Betfair Hollywood Park on Friday was to make it a four-win day aboard Data Link in the $250,000 Citation Handicap.

Gomez gave Data Link an ideal ride in the Grade 2 Citation, stalking the pace to early stretch and catching pacesetter, and 2-1 favorite, Ultimate Eagle, in the final furlong to win by 2 1/4 lengths.

“Not a bad way to end the day,” Gomez said after the Citation.