INGLEWOOD, Calif.- Trainer Vann Belvoir was at his base at Emerald Downs outside of Seattle watching on television when he won the first race of his career at Hollywood Park on Saturday with Macho Dorado.

“We were bouncing around the office,” he said. “We thought we’d won the Kentucky Derby.”

It was a milestone win, and could be the first of several new successes in Southern California this summer for Belvoir, who plans to have as many as 12 horses at Del Mar this summer.

Trainer Gene Jacquot, who was summarily suspended by the stewards at Prairie Meadows on June 10 after his own Iowa-bred gelding See Me Now tested positive for the Class 1 substance cathinone after finishing third in the May 21 Gray's Lake Stakes, had his license temporarily reinstated on Friday, pending a hearing before the stewards on Monday..
  

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Royal Currier captured his turf debut with a front-running effort in the $67,750 Anderson Fowler Stakes for 3-year-olds before a Father’s Day crowd of 27,039 at Monmouth Park.

A gelding, Royal Currier ($4.60) has won five times since trainer Patricia Farro and Mat Stable claimed him for $20,000 last September. It was his third stakes win since the barn change.

ELMONT, N.Y. - In his first 26 career starts, Smokin Hero had never raced beyond 6 1/2 furlongs and never won beyond six furlongs. Just minutes prior to his first start at a mile in Sunday’s $60,000 Noble Nashua Stakes at Belmont Park, Smokin Hero reared up several times while needing to be re-saddled at the starting gate.

Webb Snyder, who rode during Charles Town’s inaugural meet in 1933 and remained a presence at the West Virginia track for more than 60 years, died Thursday at age 98.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario— Sand Cove won the $125,000 Steady Growth Stakes for the second year in a row in unspectacular fashion at Woodbine on Sunday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The day after winning Saturday’s Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap with 36-1 longshot Pool Play, trainer Mark Casse was awake but dreaming.

Dreaming of what the future might hold for Pool Play, and whether the Foster might prove a race that leads his horse to campaign that culminates with a return appearance at Churchill Downs in the Grade 1, $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5.

Last year, Blame won both races and became the North America’s champion older horse.

Nayborhood Affair got her second stakes victory of the year and impressively defended her title in the $20,700 Matchmaker Stakes for older Nebraska-bred fillies and mares at Lincoln Race Course on Saturday afternoon.

Rahystrada rode the rails under Sheldon Russell to a 1 1/2-length victory over favored Smart Bid in the $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup on Saturday at Colonial Downs.

A 7-year-old former claimer, Rahystrada won for the 11^th time in 31 starts. The $291,000 winner’s share of the purse was a boon to the bankroll of Rahystrada, who is owned by Robert Courtney and trained by Byron Hughes, boosting his career earnings to $773,824.

J P’s Gusto, cutting back to seven furlongs for the first time since taking the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity last September, demonstrated his fondness for the distance when he dominated Saturday night’s $400,000 Red Legend Stakes for 3-year-olds at Charles Town.