ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Clement Rock didn't win like a 3-5 shot should, but he did get the job done under Luis Contreras in the $156,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday.

Joes Blazing Aaron set a slow pace while being pressed by Celtic Conviction in the route for 3-year-olds, which was run over about nine furlongs on a very firm turf course.

Socialsaul led a one-two finish for trainer Gary Contessa in Saturday's $150,000 New York Derby for New York-bred 3-year-olds at Finger Lakes.

In the process of scoring by 4 1/4 lengths, Socialsaul ($5.60) foiled his stablemate Preachintothedevil's chances of earning a $100,000 bonus for sweeping all three legs of the Big Apple Triple. Preachintothedevil had won the seven-furlong Mike Lee at Belmont Park on June 26. The series concludes with the Albany Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 24.

Muir Woods remained perfect at River Downs and in Ohio with a victory in the $75,000 Norm Barron Queen City Oaks at River Downs on Saturday afternoon.

A full field of 12 Ohio-bred 3-year-old fillies went to post in the 1 1/8-mile event. Jockey Mario Madrid kept Muir Woods to the outside and in mid-pack to the far turn before rallying with a visibly impressive move to draw off in the stretch. The final margin of victory was 3 3/4 lengths.

Perhaps a return to suburban Philadelphia was all A.U. Miner needed to regain his good form.

Winless in three starts since upsetting last year’s 1 1/2-mile Greenwood Cup at 14-1, A.U. Miner roared from last to first to capture the $200,000 Greenwood Cup at Parx Racing for the second time.

For the third consecutive year, the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar will have one division on Wednesday’s opening day of the 37-day meeting.

Mr. Commons, third in Santa Anita Derby and eighth in the Preakness Stakes on May 21, will be favored. The one-mile turf race drew 14 but will be limited to 10 starters.

The race was divided into two divisions annually from 1989 to 2008, and into three divisions in 2007. There were 26 nominations for this year’s race, but the race did not draw sufficient entries for two divisions.

Banner Bill dug in gamely in the final sixteenth to notch his second stakes in a row under David Clark in the $150,000 Colin at Woodbine on Saturday. He is now 3 for 3 in his career.

Charles Town-based trainers figure to play prominent roles with shippers they are sending across the state of West Virginia for a trio of allowance races on Tuesday night’s 10-race card at Mountaineer Racetrack.

Early on the program, West Virginia-breds seeking their second lifetime victory will contest a pair of seven-furlong races on turf. The nominal feature, for fillies and mares who have never won three races, goes as race 9 at 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track.

Dr. Green may be a little more focused on racing when he starts in Wednesday’s $100,000 Oceanside Stakes on opening day at Del Mar.

“I castrated him since his last race and he’s trained well,” trainer Jim Cassidy said on Saturday.

It was a drastic move, but one that Cassidy hopes will give his stable a boost on the opening week of the Del Mar meeting. He also plans to start Oceanside nominee Robbie’s War in an allowance race on turf and Kid Edward in Saturday’s $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes, a Grade 1 over 1 1/8 miles on turf.

Bounding Bi and Ushuaia have started a combined 31 times and have gotten the opportunity to run on turf just twice apiece. Considering how well they both have done, it’s safe to assume there will be a lot more grass racing in their futures.

The Maryland-based mare Don'tgetsuspicious, who had been excelling in ultra-short sprints at Charles Town since beginning her 2011 campaign in March, carried her speed for six furlongs to upset odds-on favorite Eve Giselle in Friday night's $75,000 Daylily Stakes at Penn National Race Course.