Keertana inherited the lead from tiring pacesetter Belle Watling, then held off 24-1 longshot Zapparition to win Sunday's Grade 3, $150,000 The Very One Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Heavy favorites It’s Tricky and Quiet Giant more than lived up to expectations Sunday at Aqueduct, both winning stakes races as easily as they pleased and their backers had anticipated.

Due to track conditions caused by heavy rains in the Phoenix area, Turf Paradise canceled its live card for Sunday. Live racing is scheduled to resume Monday. with first post of 1 p.m. Mountain.

Max Silverhammer finished clear of a late run by Wealth to Me to post his first stakes victory Saturday night in the $50,000 Dust Commander Stakes at Turfway Park.

With John McKee aboard, Max Silverhammer got a good stalking trip before surging up the rail and opening a sizable lead after straightening for home in the one-mile race. Wealth to Me rallied strongly from last in a field of eight but was three-quarters of a length shy on the wire.

Baryshnikov ran third, another length back, while Timeless Fashion, the 6-5 favorite, was never a threat when fifth.

Going Away Baby might have been the longest shot in Saturday night’s $100,000 Two Altazano division of the Texas Stallion Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park, but she sure didn’t run like one. She dueled early in the one-mile race then pulled clear for a three-length win, rewarding her backers with a payoff of $60.20.

The race was one of two restricted stakes for 3-year-olds on the card, with Hidden Recipe handling the move to two turns to win the $100,000 Jim’s Orbit division of the Texas Stallion Stakes.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The maiden claimer Klassy Saint set a five-furlong track record of 56.73 seconds in Saturday's ninth race at Santa Anita, lowering the mark by more than a second.

On a day when the main track produced quick times under wet-fast conditions, Klassy Saint ($3.80) stalked pacesetter Cabo San Lucas, took the lead in the final furlong and pulled away to win by 4 1/4 lengths. Cabo San Lucas set fractions of 21.34 and 44.45 seconds, and held second in the field of seven.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Smiling Tiger is more than a speed-crazy sprinter.

After winning two Grade 1 stakes last year racing near the lead, Smiling Tiger did the opposite in the $150,00 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita. He overcame a stumble shortly after the start to win the seven-furlong race by a nose over Captain Cherokee, closing from well off the pace. Smiling Tiger ($4.80) ran seven furlongs in 1:20.30.

Heavy rains and a sealed/sloppy track at Turf Paradise didn't matter in the least to New Mexico raider Wiredfortwotwenty, who posted the mild upset in Saturday's $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup.

Smiling Tiger overcame a poor start, in which he stumbled and had to be taken far off the pace, to run down Captain Cherokee by a head in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita.

Ridden for the first time by Joel Rosaro, the 4-year-old Smiling Tiger was fourth in midstretch but then surged inside the final furlong to get up at the wire while completing the seven furlongs in 1:20.30.

Captain Carlos was second with Mythical Power third and Ventana fourth.

La Sorpresa handed Cali Baby her first defeat since August on Saturday, when she successfully defended her title in the $100,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap at Sunland Park. La Sorpresa won by 3 3/4 lengths over Desert Tap, while Cali Baby finished another neck back in third as both the odds-on favorite and the 125-pound highweight.