Withgreatpleasure held off Giant Sensation by a head Saturday to capture the $60,375 Unbridled Belle Stakes for fillies and mares at Delaware Park.

Trainer David Nunn added blinkers, and the equipment change paid off as the 4-year-old broke alertly from the rail and led all the way as the 8-5 favorite.

Withgreatpleasure had company from Giant Sensation who stalked the leader throughout.

It was strictly a two-horse race in the lane as Giant Sensation kicked in late to tighten the final margin.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Wine Princess stepped up from a first-level allowance victory to win the Grade 3, $101,000 Monmouth Oaks for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Monmouth Park.

Breaking alertly on the rail, Wine Princess and jockey Shaun Bridgmohan set all the fractions over the drying-out track listed as fast.

The pack tightened rounding the final turn, but Wine Princess cut the corner smartly and sprinted clear. She beat Proud Pearl by 2 1/4 lengths as the 9-5 second choice.

HENDERSON, Ky. - Salty Strike shook off a sustained bid from Joyful Victory before edging away for a 1 1/4-length triumph Saturday in the 31st running of the Grade 3, $100,000 Gardenia Stakes, the only graded race of the year at Ellis Park.

CINCINNATI - Blazing Bling led from start to finish to win the $50,000 Hoover at River Downs on Saturday afternoon.Trained by Tim Hamm, Blazing Bling was the only filly in the field of Ohio-bred 2-year-old horses.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Turbulent Descent, now a full-fledged New Yorker after having spent the last month in trainer Todd Pletcher’s Saratoga barn, is on target for a start in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ballerina here on Aug. 24.

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – After hitting a lull this past winter and spring, Suntracer has come back to his best form again. That seemed like the case when he finished a closing third in the Grade 3 Stars and Stripes on July 14 at Arlington, and Suntracer drove the point home here Saturday, rallying to win the $100,000 open division of the Illinois Owners Stakes.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Merrill Scherer has been training horses since 1962, but during all that time he had only been to Saratoga twice, as a visitor, until finally deciding at the behest of his friend and colleague Wesley Ward to bring a small string here for the first time four years ago.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Awesome Maria, one of the top older fillies and mares the last two years, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury, her connections said Saturday.

Owned and bred by Joyce Robsham, Awesome Maria, a daughter of Maria’s Mon out of the mare Discreetly Awesome, had a record of 9-3-3 from 16 career starts and earned $1,114,875. She made the first four starts of her career for trainer Stanley Hough and the final 12 starts for Todd Pletcher.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Chad Brown was able to work his turf specialist Center Divider after the second renovation break at the Oklahoma training track on Saturday. A Grade 1-placed son of Giant’s Causeway, Center Divider completed an easy five furlongs in 1:03. Center Divider returned from a 10-week layoff to finish second in the Grade 1 Man o’ War on July 14.

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ETOBICOKE, Ontario – First-time starter Sweet Redemption ran down the dueling favorites to take the $150,000 Ontario Debutante Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday.

Favored Lady Bear battled with second choice Just Got In during honest fractions in the six-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies. Sweet Redemption stalked three wide in third on the turn under Luis Conteras and then caught the tiring leaders in the final strides to score by a neck, in 1:11.02. She paid $8.20 for the win.