It took Simon & Garfunkel four days to hitchhike from Saginaw, but Saginaw the horse needed a lot less time to win Saturday's inaugural running of the $100,000 Affirmed Success Stakes.

Running over a glib main track that continues to play about as fast as the Bonneville Salt Flats, Saginaw ($3.50) stalked pacesetter Uncle T Seven down the backstretch, and took a short lead after a half-mile in 45 seconds flat. He was under a drive to go clear into the stretch after six furlongs in 1:08.61 seconds and cruised home by daylight after seven furlongs in 1:21.59.

Corporate Jungle gave every indication he could be a serious Breeders’ Cup Mile candidate by the end of the year after winning his third straight at the distance when rallying to a popular half-length victory over defending champion Successful Mission in Saturday’s $75,000 Elkwood Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Miranda Diane put in another memorable Will Rogers Downs performance on Saturday, when she drew out to a 13 1/4-length win in the $55,000 RPDC Classic Distaff. It was her ninth local win from 12 starts at the Claremore, Okla., track. The Distaff was one of two stakes on the card.

BALTIMORE - Trainer Bob Baffert was in a richer race on Saturday at Pimlico, running Bodemeister in the Preakness, but he might not have been in a more important one than the Grade 3, $100,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff, because he was running Awesomemundo, owned by his wife, Jill.

Domestic tranquility remained intact, because Awesomemundo ($4.80), the favorite, rallied strongly to get the lead late, outfinished Love and Pride by a head, then survived an objection to prevail in the 1 1/16-mile race for older fillies and mares.

BALTIMORE - When trainer Todd Pletcher decided to run Hudson Steele back in three weeks it was a matter of where to place him.

His choices were the $75,000 Elkwood Stakes at Monmouth Park or the $300,000 Dixie Stakes at Pimlico. When he heard that Chad Brown was going to run Corporate Jungle in the Elkwood, Pletcher wanted to avoid that horse and run in the Dixie.

It turned out to be a good choice.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Roxy Gap tracked the leaders and then pounced in the lane to take the $183,000 Hendrie Stakes under Patrick Husbands on Saturday at Woodbine.

Roxy Gap won the Grade 2 event by 2 1/2 lengths over Kentucky shipper Dr. Diamonds Prize, who got the better of third-place finisher Sweet Cassiopeia in the front-end battle. The fractions were modest, and the final time for the 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:16.46. She paid $3.70.

The Mark Casse-trained Roxy Gap, who banked $120,000 for Melnyk Racing Stable, was coming off a victory in the Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes.

Trainer Michael Petro had Not Abroad fit and ready to run off the layoff, and his brother Nick put up a perfectly judged ride to register a three-quarter-length victory over Win Willy in Saturday’s $50,000 Joseph French Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park.

BALTIMORE -  Most observers might have thought D. Wayne Lukas had little chance Saturday with Optimizer in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, but that didn’t keep the Hall of Fame trainer from having a great time earlier in the day. Lukas followed his win with Hamazing Destiny in the Maryland Sprint Handicap with an 8-1, hard-fought, front-running upset by Skyring in the $100,000 James W. Murphy Stakes.

“It’s a lovely day,” said Lukas.

[PREAKNESS STAKES: Replays and recaps from Saturday's Pimlico card]

BALTIMORE – Capitalizing on a perfect trip just off the early speed duel, Hamazing Destiny secured his first win in 20 months with a decisive score in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap here at Pimlico Race Course.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - On May 5, Via Villaggio finished a troubled fifth in the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park. She was steadied in early stretch and beaten 3 1/2 lengths.

The lessons learned that day by jockey Martin Pedroza were put to good use in Saturday’s $100,000 Railbird Stakes. Via Villaggio ($23) had a perfect trip in the Grade 3 race for 3-year-old fillies, rallying on the inside through the stretch to upset 1-9 Sister Moon.

Via Villaggio was timed in 1:23.03 and won by a half-length, her first stakes win in her 10th start.