PLEASANTON, Calif. - Restless Youth, cutting back in distance after recent turf routes, broke sharply and was never headed as he won the $62,300 Sam J. Whiting Memorial Handicap on closing day at the Alameda County Fair on Sunday.
Jiggly, the 6-5 favorite in a field of four, acted up a bit when he first went into the gate and hopped at the start as Restless Youth went immediately to the front and claimed an open lead.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Free Fee Lady, the longest shot in the four-horse field, upset 1-10 favorite Embur's Song at Woodbine on Sunday in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, the second leg of the Canadian triple tiara for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.
Cherokee's Goal, stretching out for the first time, stalked the pace and then came on for a 2 1/4-length score in the $30,000 Harry Jeffrey Stakes at Assiniboia Downs on Saturday evening.
Ridden by Juan Crawford, Cherokee's Goal was coming off a second-place finish in the six-furlong Golden Boy and stamped himself as the top local prospect for the Aug. 2 Manitoba Derby with his victory in the 1 1/16-mile Harry Jeffrey.
Key Largo pressed and set the pace before giving way to the winner but held second by three-quarters of a length over Mankato Strike.
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Luckarack improved his career record to 2 for 2 when he pulled away from odds-on favorite Lucky Mr. K and second-choice Roman Power in the lane to win the $52,450 Everett Nevin Alameda County Stakes on Saturday at the Alameda County Fair.
Scat Dancer picked up the pieces from a three-way pace battle to capture the Iowa Stallion Stakes at Prairie Meadows on Saturday.
The race was restricted to the progeny of stallions whose shares were donated to the Iowa Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders' Association stallion service auction, and with Iowa-bred supplement and fees, distributed a total of $93,919.
Scat Dancer ($14.20), beaten by 49 1/4 lengths in his most recent start on June 4, overcame some health issues since that poor performance.
Lookin At Lucky worked six furlongs in 1:12.60 at Santa Anita on Saturday, moving the Preakness Stakes winner closer to a potential start in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 1.
Lookin At Lucky worked in company with stablemate El Martillo, starting several lengths behind and finishing well, according to trainer Bob Baffert. El Martillo was timed in 1:13.20.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - For the next 10 days, the focus of the final weekend of Hollywood Park and the opening day at Del Mar is on 3-year-olds - the established main-track stars and the up-and-coming hopefuls on turf.
Hollywood Park concludes its spring-summer meeting this Sunday, and the most lucrative race of the final weekend is Saturday's $200,000 Swaps Stakes for 3-year-olds over 1 1/8 miles on the synthetic main track.
No Hesitation underlined his position as the top 3-year-old on the grounds with a romping eight-length victory in Saturday's $50,000 Ky Alta Handicap at Northlands Park.
With his regular rider Rico Walcott in the irons, No Hesitation ($2.80) stalked the pace of Tiny Giant and Streakin' Mohican before launching a three-wide bid on the final turn and drawing off in handy fashion.
Streakin' Mohican held for second with Paseo Alegro finishing another 3 3/4 lengths back as the third-place finisher in the field of six for the one-mile handicap.