SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Not many of the handful of backstretch onlookers on an overcast, humid Monday morning at Saratoga had nearly as much energy just before sunrise as Rachel Alexandra displayed.

Preparing for her next start in the $300,000 Personal Ensign Stakes here on Aug. 29, Rachel Alexandra drilled five furlongs in 1:02.38 under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan on the Oklahoma training track. Daily Racing Form timed Rachel Alexandra in fractions of 13.13, 25.44, and 37.57 seconds, and caught her galloping out six furlongs in 1:15.72.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Winslow Homer, who won Sunday's $75,000 Curlin Stakes by nine lengths at Saratoga, came out of the race with a condylar fracture to his left foreleg and will have to miss the Travers and likely the remainder of the year.

The injury is not related to the fractured shin that Winslow Homer suffered in his right foreleg following his victory in the Grade 3 Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park in January. Winslow Homer underwent surgery for that injury, and the Curlin was his second start since then.

AUBURN, Wash. – Clair Annette raced to a front-running victory in the $50,000 Boeing Handicap for fillies and mares Sunday at Emerald Downs, her second consecutive stakes victory and her third win around two turns in as many starts.

Clair Annette ran 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:43.40 to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths. Gadget Queen was second, a neck ahead of Barbara’s Love. Kimmyv, the 5-2 favorite, finished fourth, followed by Pretty Katherine, and Cliff’s Secret.

AUBURN, Wash. – Noosa Beach dominated the 1 1/8-mile Mount Rainier Handicap Sunday at Emerald Downs, putting to rest doubts about his ability to get the distance and cementing his status as the leading contender for the Grade 3, $250,000 Longacres Mile on Aug. 22.

DEL MAR, Calif. - The start of Sunday’s $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar left Smiling Tiger clear on the lead, and on his way to a milestone victory. The start left the heavily favored Cost of Freedom hopelessly out of contention, a loss that further muddled the California sprint division.

No horse has won two graded stakes for sprinters in California this year.

Victim of Love set a track record of 40.29 seconds for about 3 1/2 furlongs in the first race at Hastings on Sunday.

Trained by Dave Milburn and ridden by Pedro Alvarado, Victim of Love broke on top and never looked back while posting a four-length win over the 3-2 favorite, Mr. Apple Cider. The former mark of 40.38 seconds was set by Tribal Teen on May 28.
 

Shakenwithanolive held on to win by a desperate nose over Alywyn in the $50,000 Madamoiselle Handicap for fillies and mares at Northlands Park on Sunday.

Breaking alertly under Jorge Carreno in the 1 1/16-mile feature, Shakenwithanolive carved out fractions of 23.60 seconds, 47.60, and held a 2 ½-length advantage over Alywyn after six furlongs in 1:13.20. Her lead had diminished to one length at the top of the stretch and Shakenwithanolive held on to win by the smallest of margins. Finishing third, 7 ½ lengths back, was Miss Victoriana. The final time was 1:46.

Anna Bella, who had raced under the mistaken identity of Smiling until this spring, continued her march upwards in her true guise by capturing Sunday’s $30,000 Winnipeg Sun at Assiniboia Downs.

Anna Bella and Smiling had come from Stonerside Stable divisions in Kentucky and Florida and a mix-up had led to their competing under the wrong names and pedigrees.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Free Fee Lady, making her first start on turf, handled the surface adequately enough to capture the $250,800 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday.

The win gave Free Fee Lady a sweep of the final two legs of the Canadian triple tiara, a lucrative series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies. She won the middle leg, the Bison City, on the Polytrack here July 11.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Quality Road and Blame, the two main protagonists for next Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, put in workouts just minutes apart Sunday over the main track.

As has become his custom, Quality Road worked effortlessly fast, going five furlongs in 59.93 seconds under exercise rider Patti Barry. Meanwhile, Blame, working in company with stablemate Heritage Hall, worked four furlongs in a relatively easy 48.83 seconds under jockey Garrett Gomez.