AUBURN, Wash. – Zenovit moved to the front of the Emerald Downs 3-year-old filly class with an impressive victory Saturday in the $75,000 Washington Oaks.
The sixth wagering choice in an 11-horse field, Zenovit stalked My Untamed Heart’s fast pace, moved up to take command on the second turn and quickly drew off to win by 2 1/4 lengths. Ridden by Ricky Frazier for trainer Larry Ross, she ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.40 and paid $17.60.
DEL MAR, Calif. - A formful afternoon of racing allowed 733 ticket holders to enrich themselves by $3,666.40, the payoff for those who shared in a massive pick-six pool Sunday at Del Mar.
No one had hit the pick six Friday or Saturday, leading to a carryover of $846,824 into Sunday’s card. Another $3,314,894 was wagered Sunday, for a total prize package of $4,161,718.
In the pick-six sequence, four races were won by the favorite and two by the second choice.
There were 11,820 tickets with 5 of 6 winners, returning $66.60.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Wherever she has gone, Wasted Tears has left a trail of tears. From Texas to Oklahoma, Florida to Kentucky, she has left her rivals heartbroken. She conquered another frontier, and did it in typical fashion, on Sunday at Del Mar, when she held on through a thrilling stretch drive to take the Grade 2, $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes for older female turf horses.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Miami Deco, a 65-1 maiden trying the turf for the first time, graduated in style Sunday at Woodbine in the $503,200 Breeders’ Stakes, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
Miami Deco raced near the back of the pack early in the 1 1/2-mile marathon, under journeyman Richard Dos Ramos. Silent Wisper, the lone filly in the lineup, set fast fractions over a course labeled yielding, before being overtaken on the far turn by second choice Stormy Lord and the 2-1 favorite, Cognashene.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Dubai Majesty rallied widest and fastest of all to take the $93,000 Incredible Revenge Stakes for filly and mare turf sprinters Sunday at Monmouth Park.
Switching to grass following a third in the Grade 1 Princess Rooney at Calder, Dubai Majesty was the trailer for most of 5 1/2-furlong dash. Miguel Mena swung the 5-year-old to the far outside turning for home, and Dubai Majesty took off. She got up in the final strides to edge West Ocean, the 1-2 favorite, by a neck.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Position Limit backed up her impressive debut victory with an even more impressive performance in Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Adirondack Stakes for juvenile fillies, pulling away from Alienation in midstretch and drawing clear to a five-length victory at Saratoga.
OPELOUSAS, La. - Star Guitar successfully defended his title in the $100,000 Evangeline Mile on Saturday night, outfinishing 2008 Mile winner Ide Like a Double by a length in a spirited stretch battle. Chief Jay finished a neck back in third, followed by King Dan.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Devil May Care, the East Coast’s leading 3-year-old filly, finished her preparations for her showdown with the West Coast’s Blind Luck in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Alabama by working four furlongs in 48.34 seconds Sunday morning over Saratoga’s main track.
Working in company with the Grade 3-winning colt Colizeo, Devil May Care, went in fractions of 12.80 seconds, a half-mile in 24.65, and came home in 23.69.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens suffered a fractured left collarbone as a result of an accident during training hours Sunday morning at Saratoga.
Stevens, 47, was scheduled to participate in a parimutuel race next Friday at Arlington Park, pitting five retired jockeys against five current riders at Arlington’s meet. Stevens will have to cancel that engagement.
