Veteran sprinter Native Ruler defending his title in the $50,000 Don Bernhardt Memorial at Ellis Park Saturday, winning even more comfortably than he did in taking the race last year.
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STANTON, Del. - Summer reruns can be boring. Not when they involve the star fillies Blind Luck and Havre de Grace.
Exactly 371 days after they first met at Delaware Park in the Delaware Oaks, Blind Luck and Havre de Grace, the two best older females in Thoroughbred racing, clashed again Saturday in the Grade 2, $750,000 Delaware Handicap. Just like last summer's Delaware Oaks, Blind Luck prevailed by a nose over her arch-rival Havre de Grace.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Killer Graces rallied from last in a field of six to catch the longshot Mighty Caroline in the final strides in Saturday’s $100,000 Landaluce Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park.
Killer Graces ($6) ran six furlongs in 1:11.23. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Killer Graces was fifth on the turn and rallied wide through the stretch to win by a half-length over Mighty Caroline. Stayclassysandiego finished third, another 3 3/4 lengths back, followed by even-money favorite Woebegon.
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.
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.