ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Marsh Side’s cross-country search for a suitable turf course ended here at Woodbine on Sunday when the 7-year-old horse prevailed over soft going in the 1 1/4-mile Sky Classic.

Owned by Robert S. Evans and trained by Neil Drysdale, Marsh Side had journeyed to Saratoga for the Aug. 14 Sword Dancer but was scratched when the conditions were deemed to be unsuitable.

Marsh Side then was entered in last Saturday’s Arlington Million but already was at Woodbine by midweek with an eye toward the Grade 2 Sky Classic.

Behold de Buy took advantage of all the speed in the $100,000 Gold Rush Futurity on Sunday and closed from the back of the pack to pull a 19-1 upset in the six furlong race for 2-year-olds, which closed out the meet at Arapahoe Park.

Behold de Buy won by 2 1/4 lengths over R Skydiver, while it was another 1 3/4 lengths back in third to favorite Rivrav.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Despite less than ideal conditions, Rachel Alexandra got in her final workout for Sunday’s Grade 1 Personal Ensign when breezing a half mile in 48.80 seconds over a muddy and sealed Oklahoma training track on Monday morning.

Trainer Steve Asmussen sent jockey Shaun Bridgmohan out to work a maiden 2-year-old named Malibu Cougar shortly after the training track opened to get a feel for the footing. Once assured the surface was safe, Asmussen then brought Rachel Alexandra out at her usual work time shortly before 6 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Neb. - Witt's Halo set all the pace to score his first stakes win with a 1 1/4-length victory in Sunday's $10,400 Club House Special on Sunday at Columbus.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson was under observation in a hospital on Monday after suffering a lacerated liver during a spill here last Saturday.

Wilson was aboard Flo’s Henny in the seventh race when the filly broke down, pitching her to the racetrack. Flo’s Henny had to be euthanized.

Although she walked to the ambulance under her own power, Wilson was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.

Come Back Native ($23.60) controlled the pace and withstood a late challenge by favored Camisado as he won the $18,350 Humboldt County Marathon in the final race at the Humboldt County Fair on Sunday.
Jockey Barrington Harvey put Come Back Native on the lead, and the 5-year-old gelding, who had been running at bottom claiming levels most of the year, rated comfortably. He was first under the finish line all four times around the track.

AUBURN, Wash. – Noosa Beach overcame a roughhouse incident at the start to win the Grade 3, $203,125 Longaces Mile Sunday at Emerald Downs.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Marsh Side made a triumphant return to Woodbine on Sunday, stalking the pace in the 1 1/4- mile Sky Classic before taking charge for a convincing five-length victory.

Trained by Neil Drysdale, Marsh Side won the Grade 1 Northern Dancer last year and the Grade 1 Canadian International in 2008 and now has earned more than $2.1 million over the local turf course.

Edgar Prado delivered a confident ride aboard Marsh Side, who was clocked in 2:08.99 over the soft going.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Sweet August Moon, winless in her first four starts this year following a nine-month layoff, won her second straight race, both in graded company, in the Grade 3, $147,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap on Sunday at Del Mar.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. - Bernell Rhone swept the stakes at Canterbury Park on Sunday, winning the MTA Lassie and MTA Laddie, $25,000 stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs restricted to 3-year-olds who are progeny of stallions whose service was sold at the 2006 Minnesota Thoroughbred Association’s stallion service auction.

In the Laddie, Rustic Road impressively defeated a five-horse field in his return off a four-month layoff due to an injury to his tendon sheath. Rhone used PRP, or plasma therapy, to help heal the injury.