ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The $125,000 Arlington Classic doesn't even have a grade anymore, but go ahead and try to find a better American 3-year-old grass horse at the moment than the Classic's winner, Silver Max.

Silver Max stumbled leaving the gate, ran his opening quarter-mile in a sprint-like 22.97 seconds, and still won by two lengths. He ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.87, just .87 of a second off the track standard on a turf course that took rain Saturday morning, and easily turned back the talented Sachem Spirit and late-running Ajar in deep stretch.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Every winter, Upperline spends about two months kicking back at Arthur Hancock’s Stone Farm in Kentucky, and every year, Upperline comes back into training a happy, healthy horse. She is on her third straight year of high-class racing, and on Saturday she won for the eighth time in 20 starts, dominating the Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Matron with a four-length win over Hooh Why.

“Look at her,” trainer Mike Stidham said shortly after the Matron, pointing out the considerable bulk Upperline hauls around. “She’s just kept getting bigger and stronger.”

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Pants On Fire held off Norman Asbjornson by one length on Saturday to win the $75,000 Skip Away Stakes at Monmouth Park.

A 4-year-old trained by Kelly Breen, Pants On Fire responded to the combination of an easier spot following a pair of Grade 2 stakes, and a return to his home track, to post his second win in four starts this year.

Paco Lopez, who had five wins on the card, was aboard.

ELMONT, N.Y. - In an eventful renewal of the Grade 2, $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes, Aruna made a strong move to the lead around the far turn and then persevered to a 1 1/4-length victory at Belmont Park.

Hit It Rich, who sat second early behind runaway leader Aqsaam, held second by one-half length over Mystical Star, who finished one-half length ahead of Principal Role.

MIAMI - Empire Builder avenged his recent setback at the hands of Csaba, outlasting that rival by a half-length in Saturday's $55,000 Mambo Meister Stakes at Calder. The Mambo Meister was decided over a fast main track after originally being carded on the turf.

Csaba, the prohibitive 1-5 favorite coming off a 5 3/4-length allowance victory over Empire Builder on May 12, was ultimately disqualified and placed third for interfering with Musical Flair on the far turn.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Simmard proved the class of the field when getting a perfect trip under Gabriel Saez in the 75th running of the Grade 3, $115,200 Louisville Handicap on a sultry Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs.

Always in striking distance in the 1 1/2-mile turf race, Simmard wore down Harrods Creek on the final turn and gradually edged clear for a 1 1/4-length triumph over late-closing Joinem. Tahoe Lake, the 2-1 favorite in a field of eight older horses, was another half-length back in third.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Raise the Reward displayed a great deal of determination to hold Catlaunch safe and capture the $50,000 Michael F. Rowland Memorial Handicap here on Saturday.

Raise the Reward hopped a bit at the start of the six-furlong race, recovered quickly to settle just off the pace while between horses, went up to engage Catlaunch on the middle of the turn, then battled with that one until deep stretch, eventually prevailing by a length. It was 1 3/4 lengths farther back to Best Air, who finished third in the 12-horse field of accredited Ohio 3-year-olds and up.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Favored Hunters Bay trounced a solid group of older horses Saturday at Woodbine in the Grade 3, $156,300 Eclipse Stakes.

Emma Wilson rated Hunters Bay just off a trio of front-runners in the 1 1/16-mile route and then made a three-wide bid on the far turn. Hunters Bay went by Chicago shipper Mister Marti Gras early in the stretch, before drawing off for a three-length score in 1:42.63, which was just .41 of a second off the Polytrack record.

Winning Image got loose on the lead, then had to repel challenges from three rivals in deep stretch to score a narrow victory in Saturday’s $150,000 My Juliet Stakes at Parx Racing.

Sent off as the fourth choice in a field of five fillies and mares, the 5-year-old Winning Image ($12.20) broke fastest of all from the rail under Jose Caraballo and despite ducking in slightly leaving the chute, forged a two-length advantage in the opening quarter-mile, run in 22.15 seconds, of the six-furlong My Juliet.

As the only stakes winner in the lineup, and coming off a good effort in her first start of the season, Somali Lemonade will be favored over seven other 3-year-old fillies in Monday’s $200,000 Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park.

The Grade 2 Sands Point, scheduled for the inner turf at 1 1/16 miles, is race 7 and the first leg of an all-stakes pick four with a $500,000 guaranteed pool. Post time is 4:06 p.m. Eastern.