LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tizdejavu prevailed in wire-to-wire fashion Sunday in the a one-mile turf race perhaps more notable for the return of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. Making his first start on grass and first for D. Wayne Lukas, Mine That Bird never reached contention and finished eighth in his 4-year-old debut.
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ELMONT, N.Y. - John Terranova has thought all along that Franny Freud was Grade 1 material, and on a hot Fourth of July Sunday at Belmont Park, the 3-year-old New York-bred filly proved her trainer right.
Receiving a stalking trip from Garrett Gomez, Franny Freud tackled pace-setting Stormandaprayer at the three-sixteenths pole, then continued on to record a 1 1/4-length victory in the Champagne d'Oro, the Acorn winner, checked in second, a half-length ahead of Bonnie Blue Flag. Stormandaprayer and Funny Feeling completed the order of finish.
OCEANPORT, N.J. Discreetly Mine rallied to beat Out of Respect by 1 1/4 lengths on Sunday in the for 3-year-old sprinters at Monmouth Park.
The victory capped an interesting progression mapped out for Discreetly Mine by trainer Todd Pletcher. He stretched out Discreetly Mine from six furlongs in January to the Kentucky Derby at 1 1/4 miles on the first Saturday in May. During the four-race stretch, Discreetly Mine captured the Grade 2 Risen Star at Fair Grounds at 1 1/16 miles.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Nick Canani, the leading trainer at Arlington Park entering Sunday's racing action, has been fined $1,000 and handed a 15-day suspension by the Arlington stewards for a positive drug test. Copper Forest, winner of the second race here on May 6, tested positive for etodolac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Copper Forest was disqualified from all purse money and declared unplaced in the race.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario -- Spice Route, making his first start in more than six months for trainer Roger Attfield, rallied strongly through the stretch for a convincing 3 3/4-length victory in Sunday's at Woodbine.
Jockey Mike Smith got the 6-year-old Spice Route to relax off the pace in the 1 1/2-mile turf race for 3-year-olds and upward, and once he pulled the trigger there was no doubt as to the outcome.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario -- Signature Red ($6.50) wore down pacemaker Heros Reward in the stretch to take the at Woodbine Sunday.
Maryland shipper Heros Reward, the 2008 Highlander winner, set fractions of 22.50 and 44.94 in the six-furlong turf sprint, with Signature Red in close proximity. Signature Red drew alongside Heros Reward at the top of the stretch, and they duked it out until the final strides before Signature Red prevailed by a neck in 1:08.17.
OPELOUSAS, La. Reigning Louisiana-bred horse of the year Star Guitar lived up to his billing Saturday night at Evangeline Downs, successfully defending his title in the $100,000 Louisiana Showcase Classic. Star Guitar, trained by Al Stall Jr., won his sixth straight race against statebreds and his third in as many starts at Evangeline.
The Classic was one of 10 stakes races for statebreds on the meeting's biggest night.
SHAKOPEE, Minn. - Canterbury Park jockey Scott Stevens, thrown to the ground when his mount broke a leg during the sixth race Friday night, is still in the intensive care unit at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn., but his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.
His agent, Chad Anderson, said Sunday that Stevens will need at least six months to recover from his injuries.