MIAMI - Trainer Bill Kaplan probably had a few anxious moments when Musical Romance was forced to steady along the hedge awaiting racing room approaching the stretch of Sunday's $55,000 Sweettrickydancer Stakes at Calder.
But once his 3-year-old found room to run, Kaplan had little to worry about as Musical Romance finished full of run along the hedge for a half-length victory in the overnight turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
ALTOONA, Iowa - Forestry Type led wire to wire for a victory against six 3-year-old rivals in Saturday's $60,000 Prairie Mile.
Forestry Type broke from the outside and lead by four lengths early. He raced in the six path around the far turn and down the backside, setting fractions of 23.37 seconds, 46.95, and 1:12.30. Jockey Junior Alvarado said that he got Forestry Type to relax a bit and had enough left to finish. Forestry Type finished the mile in 1:38.27.
Slewzoom rallied from fifth place early to finish second, beaten 2 1/4 lengths.
Hype took advantage of the yielding turf Saturday, rallying from last at the half-mile pole for a half-length victory over Purse a Dream in the $35,000 Brooks Fields Stakes over about 7 1/2 furlongs at Canterbury Park. It was the third career victory - all of them on turf - for the Gary Scherer-trained 4-year-old.
The early fractions of 26.43 seconds and 1:17.08 set by Trying Brian figured to make it tough for the closers, but the soggy turf seemed to be the equalizer as the speedsters looked leg-weary in upper stretch.
Hype covered the distance in 1:35.18.
Wooden Ya Know It continued his winning ways, taking his third straight race this spring and becoming a stakes winner in the $30,000 Free Press at Assiniboia Downs on Saturday night.
Trained by Jerry Gourneau and ridden by Janine Stianson, Wooden Ya Know It pressed the pace and came on strongly to score by 3 1/2 lengths in the six-furlong stakes that attracted eight older horses.
Wooden Ya Know It returned $19.40 and was followed to the wire by the 9-1 Grow Up and 13-1 Mr Exspeedient.
Bart Hone won the 100th stakes races of his training career on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs, when Pick Me Up went wire to wire in the $40,000 Aspen Cup.
Pick Me Up won by three lengths over Badgett's Royal, who also is trained by Hone.
Pick Me Up ($2.80) covered the six furlongs for 3-year-old fillies in 1:10.39. She is owned by R Legacy Racing and was ridden by Mark Villa.
ELMONT, N.Y. - With no racing at Belmont Park on Sunday, handicappers will have four days to study up for Wednesday's pick six, which will begin the day with a $930,495 carryover after the wager went unhit Saturday at Belmont Park.
A flurry of upsets Saturday capped by Drosselmeyer's three-quarter-length victory over Fly Down in the Belmont Stakes created Wednesday's mammoth carryover. Drosselmeyer's victory capped a sequence that included D' Funnybone ($4.40), Proviso ($4.20), Bribon ($7.50), Champagne d'Oro ($81) Winchester ($44.80) and Drosselmeyer ($28).
ELMONT, N.Y. - The WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt got another bookend for this year's Triple Crown on Saturday when 13-1 shot Drosselmeyer won the at Belmont Park, five weeks after WinStar won the Kentucky Derby with Super Saver.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - He did it again.
For the second consecutive graded stakes, Acclamation was allowed to set his own pace in a distance race on turf, and left the trailing pack in his wake. Last month, Acclamation pulled a 14-1 upset in the Grade 2 Jim Murray Handicap over 1 1/2 miles on turf on May 15.
Saturday, Acclamation won the over 1 1/4 miles on turf from the front at Hollywood Park, giving jockey Christian Santiago Reyes, the champion apprentice jockey of 2009, his first Grade 1 stakes win.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Lady Giacamo might be headed to Del Mar later this summer after she improved her record to 3 for 3 on Saturday with a 1 3/4-length win over Fastation in the $66,090 fillies division of the Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Futurity at Lone Star Park.
Trainer Allen Milligan said plans are to freshen Lady Giacamo and that she could return to action in August in the Grade 3, $150,000 Sorrento for 2-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar.
"We'll give her a little time off right now," he said.
