ELMONT, N.Y. – Gutsy stakes wins by Michael Matz-trained 3-year-olds are becoming routine around here, after Teeth of the Dog ($4) came again for a hard-fought decision over Fast Falcon in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Dwyer Stakes.

Coming off a win in the Easy Goer Stakes a few hours before his more-heralded stablemate Union Rags won the Belmont Stakes, Teeth of the Dog was in front early in the Dwyer under Joel Rosario, but acquiesced as Morgan’s Guerrilla was hustled up along the rail down the backstretch to grab the lead.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Mystical Star, who was disqualified from third in a tough-trip Sheepshead Bay five weeks ago, enjoyed smoother sailing en route to her first career stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 New York Stakes.

Mystical Star, a Ghostzapper filly who has been vastly improved in three starts as a 4-year-old for Christophe Clement, broke through the barrier an instant before the gates opened in the Sheepshead Bay and fell back nearly 20 lengths off the lead before rallying to finish third behind Aruna and Hit It Rich in the Sheepshead Bay.

Halo Dolly ($3) gave her Hall of Fame connections, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and jockey Russell Baze, an easy stakes win as she romped to a wire-to-wire victory in the $60,950 Alameda County Fillies & Mares Stakes at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif., on Saturday.

Sundae On Sunday erased a 3 1/2-length deficit in the final furlong to win Saturday’s $50,000 Ontario County for New York-bred 3-year-olds at Finger Lakes.

Ridden by Dennis Carr for trainer Michael Ferraro, Sundae On Sunday ($3.50) was fifth after a half-mile in 44.81 seconds and had moved up to only fourth, 3 1/2 lengths in back of El Grande Patron, at the eighth pole. Despite drifting in while rallying, Sundae On Sunday proved best by 2 1/4 lengths while completing the six furlongs in 1:12.18.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Favored Uncaptured ($4.60) came from off sizzling fractions to land his stakes debut Saturday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Clarendon Stakes.

With the wind at his back, Saratoga shipper Jocosity set splits of 21.35 and 44.23 in the 5 1/2-furlong dash for Ontario-bred 2-year-olds. Uncaptured rallied three wide from third on the turn and caught Jocosity at the eighth pole before pulling away to prevail by 5 1/2 lengths in 1:03.05. 

Withgreatpleasure will try to make it two straight wins Tuesday evening in the $100,000 Windward at Presque Isle Downs. The Windward is for fillies and mares at one mile on the Tapeta main track.

Trained by David Nunn, Withgreatpleasure won her first race of the year in January at Parx Racing, but was disqualified for ducking in and bumping a rival. After a five-month layoff, the 4 year-old Withgreatpleasure won an optional claiming event at Belmont Park on June 20 going 6 1/2 furlongs.

Nunn was leery about running his charge back in only 13 days.

Krash Cartel, who was the fastest qualifier for last month’s Ruidoso Futurity for Quarter Horses, is back for the Rainbow Futurity trials Tuesday at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. He will run in the 17th race, which is one of 23 trials for the Rainbow. The Grade 1, $700,000 finale will be run July 22, a day later than originally scheduled after the New Mexico Racing Commission recently granted the change at the request of Ruidoso Downs.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Apprentice jockey Gerardo Mora has emerged as one of the most promising young riders in Texas over the first half of the year. He finished second in the Sam Houston Race Park standings in March, and with a week remaining in the Lone Star Park meet ranks seventh in the standings and first among apprentices.

Mora has won 22 of 224 starts at the meet and can add to his win total during a special Tuesday night card at Lone Star when he rides six of the nine races on the program. First post is 5 p.m. Central, with a Pat Green concert to follow the races.

A pair of Kentucky-based horses with a proven affinity for the turf course at Mountaineer look imposing in pre-holiday races that launch the West Virginia track’s stakes schedule Tuesday evening.

Revelstoke, runner-up in two stakes locally last season, figures to go favored in the $75,000 Firecracker for fillies and mares going a mile (race 3). One race later, Strike Impact, who barely missed in his lone Mountaineer stakes appearance last August, is the logical choice among eight older male horses in the $75,000, one-mile Independence Day.

AUBURN, Wash. – Frenzo headlines the feature race Tuesday at Emerald Downs, a $25,000 claiming sprint for horses who have never won twice, but the big show comes after the races, when Emerald presents its annual fireworks spectacular. The first race is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Pacific, with the rockets set to launch about 30 minutes after the 10th and final race.