ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Out East, at Belmont Park, 3-year-old grass sensation Winter Memories awed onlookers Saturday with a breathtaking stretch run in the Garden City Stakes. An hour later, the spotlight shone softer at Arlington on the Pucker Up Stakes, another sophomore filly grass race, but no less lustrous than Winter Memories was Marketing Mix, who clobbered 13 rivals in the Grade 3, $100,000 Pucker Up. Marketing Mix made her first five starts on synthetic or dirt tracks.

ELMONT, N.Y. – As the field for the Garden City Stakes approached the eighth pole at Belmont Park, the connections of even-money favorite Winter Memories couldn’t watch any longer.

Under Javier Castellano, Winter Memories was last of eight with no place to run. Owner John Phillips and trainer Jimmy Toner wanted to hide.

“I thought we were done for sure,” Phillips said. “I thought, ‘Well, it’s not today.’ “

“I put my glasses down at the eighth pole, because she’s dead last and she had no place to go,” Toner said.

MIAMI - Manicero proved he could rate and carry his speed two turns when winning the Naked Greed Stakes last month. On Saturday, the versatile Manicero showed he could also handle the turf when rallying to a game half-length decision over the 11-1 outsider Star of Sarava in the $75,000 Needles Stakes at Calder. Manicero, a 3-year-old son of Mass Media, rated in mid-pack under jockey Juan Leyva for the opening half of the 1 1/16-mile Needles.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Voodoo Charm emerged as a rising star in the statebred ranks with a rousing victory in the $60,000 New Jersey Breeders’ Handicap on Saturday at Monmouth Park.

The NJ Breeders was one of three stakes on New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival Day, a 12-race card exclusively for statebreds.

Voodoo Charm, a 3-year-old colt and the least experienced runner in the field, rallied strongly in the lane to beat Arctic Air by three-quarters of a length with Chris DeCarlo aboard.

MIAMI - The potent team of owner-breeder Harold Queen and trainer David Fawkes struck again on Saturday when their Burning Time earned himself a spot in the $300,000 In Reality finale of the Florida Stallion Series with a convincing 2 1/2-length victory over Personal Interest in the $100,000 Foolish Pleasure Stakes.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Finale punched his ticket to the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Churchill Downs with a workmanlike score Saturday at Woodbine in the $254,000 Summer Stakes, a one-mile BC Win and You’re In event.

Finale ($3.70) pressed a slow pace on the outside under John Velazquez and then duked it out with the front-running Excaper in the stretch en route to three-quarter-length triumph over that one. Daddy Nose Best rallied strongly to nail Maritimer on the wire for third in the eight-horse field.

Canadian invader Stormy Lord pulled a 9-1 upset Saturday when rallying from just off the pace to win the $250,000 President’s Cup at Parx Racing in suburban Philadelphia.

Ridden by Justin Stein for trainer Ian Black, Stormy Lord edged clear late to win the 1 1/8-mile turf race by 1 1/4 lengths over Citrus Kid, the 5-1 third choice. Lubash, a 54-1 shot, led most of the way when finishing a neck back in third, with Bim Bam finishing fourth.

Trainer Wesley Ward hit the 1,000-win milestone Saturday by sending out Cozy Kitten to capture the $50,000 Franklin-Simpson Mile at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky.

Ridden by Julio Garcia, Cozy Kitten prevailed by three-quarters of a length for his first stakes win and just his second overall in eight career starts. Cozy Kitten, bred and owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, is a 3-year-old who was facing older rivals.

Following a joint request from management at Northlands Park and the Horsemen’s Benevolent Protective Association, Horse Racing Alberta canceled the final three Sundays at the current Northlands meet that concludes Oct. 10. Horse Racing Alberta is the administrative body that manages horse racing in Alberta. The days lost are Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 and 9.

According to Mat Monaco, executive director of the HBPA, a shortage of horses was the reason for the lost days.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Northern Passion ($14.70) got a dream run along the inside to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $235,100 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine, under a fine ride from Luis Contreras.