In the Fairway won his division of the Tri-State Futurity at Charles Town at 1-5 on Saturday night, while Flirting Song upset the filly division at 12-1. Each 2-year-old race was worth $64,137 and run at seven furlongs.
In the Fairway defeated Hanky Doodle by 1 ¼ lengths in 1:26.07. Cinderella’spalace finished third.
Owned by Coleswood Farm and trained by Jeff Runco, In the Fairway was ridden by Jose Montano. The Posse colt paid $2.40.
Valiant Lil Lady broke on top and never looked back to win Saturday night’s $1 million Texas Classic Futurity by a head over Big Boi. It was another half-length back in third to Pyc Kant Katch Me.
The Grade 1 race for Quarter Horses was the richest race in Texas and it closed out the meet at Lone Star Park near Dallas. Also on the card, Ochoa, the leading money earner among Quarter Horses, was upset by stablemate The Long Knife in the Texas Classic Derby, finishing fifth to the winner, who paid $61.20.
“Team Kitten” swept Retama Park’s most important stakes on Saturday night, when Admiral Kitten captured the $75,000 El Joven and Kitten’s Dumplings cruised in the $75,000 La Senorita. Both horses are by Kitten’s Joy, owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, trained by Mike Maker and were ridden by Victor Lebron.
Kitten’s Joy, the Ramseys and Maker also teamed to win both races in 2009, with Kera’s Kitten in the El Joven and Lisa’s Kitten in the La Senorita.
STICKNEY, Ill. - Carlos Silva won the Sun Power Stakes on multiple occasions during his long career as a jockey. Saturday at Hawthorne, Lassell won the $110,800 Sun Power and gave Silva his first stakes win as a trainer.
Whiskey Romeo went straight to the lead under jockey Stewart Elliott in Saturday's inaugural running of the $125,000 James F. Lewis III Stakes at Laurel Park, and he never relinquished that lead.
Cruising under the finish line in 1:11.70 for the six-furlong distance on the fast main track, Whiskey Romeo was being gently geared down by Elliott as he beat Amerigo Vespucci by 7 1/2 lengths, with Alpha Mike Foxtrot another 1 3/4 lengths back in third.
MIAMI - My Pal Chrissy successfully defended her title in the $150,000 Elmer Heubeck Distaff Handicap and did it in a big way, drawing off to an easy 7 1/4-length decision over Flying Trip, with the 2-1 favorite, Successful Song, finishing a well-beaten third in the co-featured event on Saturday's Florida Million program at Calder.
ALBANY, Calif. – Outside Nashville coming off what was arguably the most impressive 2-year-old maiden win of the year in Northern California, wore down favored pacesetter Strong Wind and pulled away in the stretch to win the $55,100 Golden Nugget at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Carving might not have been good enough to beat the elite of the West Coast’s 2-year-olds prior to the Breeders’ Cup, but afforded the opportunity to move into a softer spot on Saturday, he responded with his third victory in four lifetime starts by outfinishing Fury Kapcori and Dirty Swagg to take the $100,000 Real Quiet Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Maneuvered from her rail post to the middle of the snow-softened turf by Edgar Prado, Starformer set up shop in the four path and fended off all challenges to win Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct by a neck over Mystical Star.
Prado, a 2008 Hall of Fame inductee, took Starformer well off the inside soon after the start of the three-turn race, and was clear by a length or so while prompted by an even-wider Hit It Rich, the 2011 Long Island winner.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - James Street ($7.60) rallied furiously in the final furlong to take the Grade 2, $154,200 Autumn Stakes convincingly at Woodbine Saturday.
Patrioticandproud set a slow pace in the 1 1/16-mile Autumn, and looked the part of a winner on the far turn, where James Street was stuck in traffic under Patrick Husbands. After finding room at the eighth pole, James Street kicked in got home on top by a half-length over Patrioticandproud. Hotep finished another half-length back in third, while favored City Wolf faded to sixth in the seven-horse field.
