MIAMI – An inch was as good as a mile for odds-on favorite Frolic’s Revenge in Wednesday’s $55,000 Sweettrickydancer Stakes at Calder.

After winning her previous start, the Regal Gal, by 17 lengths, Frolic’s Revenge had to dig down deep before grinding out a nose decision over pacesetter Montessa G. in the one-mile Sweettrickydancer. Frolic’s Revenge, a homebred daughter of Vindication, ran down the leader, despite drifting out through the final sixteenth of a mile under jockey Luis Saez.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Get Serious uncorked a vintage effort, holding off the persistent El Commodore by a half-length on Wednesday to capture the Grade 3, $101,000 Red Bank Stakes on the turf at Monmouth Park.

The victory was the first for the 8-year-old gelding since the 2010 Red Bank. In between, the New York-bred career winner of just under $1.1 million fell out of sorts because of a leg infection and a series of softened courses that compromised his front-running style.
On Independence Day, Get Serious boldly proclaimed his comeback.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Bill Mott said he had no choice but to run Clear Attempt in Wednesday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Poker Stakes at Belmont Park.

“They forced me to do it,” Mott said, referring to the racing office. “The allowance races haven’t filled. So I said let me nominate to this. It wasn’t an impressive [field]. We took a shot.”

Jockey Leandro Goncalves knew what he was doing making the trip from Kentucky to ride just one horse on the July 4 holiday card at Delaware Park.

Cayllano made Goncalves’s trip worthwhile when she breezed to her second straight impressive victory in the $50,000 White Clay Creek Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

Karma Police, claimed for $14,000 four months ago, became a stakes winner when she shipped to Finger Lakes to score in Wednesday’s $50,000 Niagara Stakes for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies.

Ridden for the first time by local jockey Pedro Rodriguez, Karma Police ($6.20) made a three-wide move to go after early pacesetter Saichi Sweepin, the 4-5 favorite, and got within a head of the leader after a half-mile in 45.09 seconds. Karma Police took command in midstretch and drew clear to win by 2 1/2 lengths while covering six furlongs in 1:11.76.

MIAMI – There will be 11 betting interests in Saturday’s Grade 1 Princess Rooney Handicap, six of whom are stablemates from the barn of trainer Marty Wolfson. And as of Wednesday, Wolfson said he intended to run his entire six-pack.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Viane Lizza is a bundle of nerves. Lizza is the owner of the undefeated New York-bred Agave Kiss, who puts her 6-for-6 record on the line in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Victory Ride Stakes at Belmont Park.

“I’m a nervous wreck already,” Lizza said Wednesday morning outside Barn 6 at Aqueduct, where Agave Kiss is stabled. “It started yesterday. Of course, the pressure’s on. The more she wins the harder it is.”

AUBURN, Wash. – Horses moving in opposite directions headline Friday’s feature race at Emerald Downs. Hard Slider, a 4-year-old coming off a career-best effort, and Davos, once a stakes-caliber sprinter in Southern California who seems to have fallen on hard times, will be among the leading contenders in a $15,000 claimer at six furlongs. First post is 6 p.m. Pacific, and the feature is the sixth event on a seven-race program.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Mr. Ornery produced one of the surprise wins of the spring-summer meeting at Betfair Hollywood Park when he won his debut in a six-furlong turf race at 40-1 on June 9.

The victory left trainer Marty Jones slightly stunned, and optimistic that the 3-year-old gelding can continue the success in an optional claimer over six furlongs on turf on Friday night.

“We thought he might need a race to get it figured out,” Jones said. “I think the grass helped him. He was pretty impressive the first time out.”

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Mega Dream, a $40,000 bargain purchase last fall, is unlikely to be in trainer Jeff Bonde’s stable very much longer.

The winner of her stakes debut in the Great Lady M Stakes over six furlongs on turf at Betfair Hollywood Park on May 27, Mega Dream makes her graded stakes debut in Saturday’s $150,000 Royal Heroine Mile.

The result of that race will determine how much longer Mega Dream is with Bonde and partners Barry Arnason, Jerry Durant, and Mersad Metanovic.