LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The twists and turns of racing were never more evident than in Saturday's 137th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, when trainer Graham Motion, who seemingly lost his best chance for a Derby win earlier in the week when Toby's Corner was withdrawn, and jockey John Velazquez, who seemingly was to sit this one out when Uncle Mo was scratched on Friday, combined forces to win with the 20-1 shot Animal Kingdom, who was making his first start on dirt.

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ELMONT, N.Y. – Straight Story, who was beaten a head in the Colonial Turf Cup, Virginia Derby, and Jamaica Stakes as a 3-year-old and led between calls in deep stretch of last year’s United Nations Stakes, notched a long overdue graded stakes victory by wiring Saturday’s Grade 3, $98,000 Fort Marcy Stakes.

Concealed Identity, winner of the Maryland Juvenile Championship in December, garnered another stakes victory on Saturday at Pimlico, winning the $65,000 Federico Tesio by two lengths over the favored Ruler on Ice.

Comedero improved his record to 10 wins in 14 starts and a perfect 2 for 2 in 2011 with a half-length win in Saturday’s $79,050 Vincent A. Moscarelli Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park.

Comedero, ridden by jockey Cliff Berry, got off to a quick start but was content to sit in third just off pacesetter Nathan’s H.Q. and Sneaking Uponyou through early splits of 22.39 and 44.59 seconds in the six-furlong dash. Comedero made a three-wide move on the turn and then battled Nathan’s H.Q. through the stretch, pulling ahead late.

Delaware Park has canceled Tuesday’s live racing card due to insufficient entries.

“We just do not have enough horses ready to run this early in the meet,” said John Mooney, the track’s executive director of racing. “This time of year is tough because we have horses shipping into Delaware Park from tracks around the country, but most of them need time before they will be ready to run. Once all the horses we expect arrive and they get the time they need, I am confident we will consistently have full and quality fields.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Favored Bear’s Chill played a successful game of catch-me-if-you can Saturday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Queenston Stakes, an important prep for the June 26 Queen’s Plate.

Say No More led early in the seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, but was soon joined up front by Bear’s Chill, who set a slow opening quarter of 23.51 seconds under Emile Ramsammy.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Capitalizing on a dawdling early pace, Get Stormy led throughout to win Saturday’s Grade 1, $576,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic in the race before the Kentucky Derby.

The race was all but won Friday morning, however, when the speedy Little Mike was scratched from the Woodford, leaving Get Stormy as the lone front-runner in the 13-horse field.

ELMONT, N.Y. - A couple of hours before they were to run for the roses with Animal Kingdom, Team Valor International and Graham Motion sent out favored Daveron for a neck victory over Gitchee Goomie in the Grade 3, $98,000 Beaugay Stakes, the first graded turf stakes of the season in New York.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When they met in March at Gulfstream, Apriority trounced Aikenite, presumably putting him higher in the pecking order in the sprint division. When they met on Saturday, in the Grade 2, $300,000 Churchill Downs Stakes, Aikenite showed that he has indeed caught up.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Crown of Thorns won his first race in 39 months in Saturday’s $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap at Hollywood Park, ending a series of frustrating events for owner B. Wayne Hughes and trainer Richard Mandella that lasted about that long.