Musical Romance was all out to just hold on and win the Grade 2, $400,000 Presque Isle Masters on Saturday.
An early speed duel developed between longshots Waccamah and Promised Mandate, with Musical Romance in close pursuit under Juan Levya. Musical Romance rallied between those two horses in the stretch and began to draw clear in the 6 1/2-furlong event.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Golden Yank put himself under consideration for the Clark Handicap later this fall at Churchill Downs with a sharp, off-the-pace win in the $100,000 Unbridled at Louisiana Downs on Saturday.
The 1 1/16-mile turf race was one of five undercard stakes supporting the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
BOSSIER CITY, La. – Prayer for Relief has developed into a serious 3-year-old over the past several months. He won his third consecutive derby and fourth straight race Saturday, when he cruised home by 2 1/2 lengths in the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Grassy satisfied his hunger for victory Saturday at Belmont Park, first by nearly taking a bite out of one of his rivals, then by outkicking the rest of them to take the Grade 2, $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap on opening day at Belmont Park.
Eighttofasttocatch won the $67,750 Japan Racing Association and Comet of Love captured the $60,000 Jameela, a pair of stakes originally scheduled for the turf, on Saturday at Laurel Park.
The two races were shifted to the main track after Tropical Storm Lee deluged the area.
The surface switch hurt the JRA, as the field of 11 scratched down to seven. It certainly didn’t hurt Eighttofasttocatch, a main-track stakes winner the last time he ran at Laurel.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Reconnect swooped by most of the field on the outside in the stretch to capture the $126,600 La Prevoyante Stakes at 70-1 Saturday at Woodbine.
OCEANPORT, N.J. – Golden Mystery, making her debut for trainer Juan Carlos Guerrero, won an early speed duel and held off a late run from D’cats Meow to win the $61,200 Mongo Queen Stakes for filly and mare sprinters Saturday at Monmouth Park.
A 5-year-old previously based in Florida, Golden Mystery ran hard in the early stages to fend off Winning Image through fractions of 21.83 seconds and 44.55.
ANDERSON, Ind. - Mack the Slew was kept down on the inside behind the dueling leaders by Jockey Terry Thompson in the $88,000 Hillsdale at Hoosier Park Saturday afternoon. Thompson angled the 2-year-old Indiana-bred colt to the outside in midstretch and he drew clear to win by 1 3/4 lengths.
Bold Captain closed three and four wide after trailing the opening quarter-mile, made the lead near the quarter pole, and drew off to a 3 1/2-length win over Allsarott in Saturday’s $50,000, 1 1/4-mile Governor’s Buckeye Cup at Thistledown.
Allsarott finished 8 1/4 lengths ahead of Thats a Heckofacat.
