Giant Mover led at every call to win the one-mile, $50,000 Brookmeade on the Colonial Downs turf Saturday afternoon.
Ridden by Horacio Karamanos, Giant Mover was kept under a tight hold while clear on the lead. Karamanos shook the 4-year-old filly's reins, and she responded, drawing off to win by 7 1/4 widening lengths for trainer Todd Pletcher.
Huge was second under Rosemary Homeister Jr., three lengths in front of Patriot Miss in third.
Desert Party rolled to a 3 1/2-length win over longshot Uncle Gidge on Saturday in the at Philadelphia Park.
It was the first U.S. start for the 4-year-old Desert Party since he finished 14th in the 2009 Kentucky Derby. He was the first of Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum's Godolphin stakes performers from last year to return to the races since shipping back to North America from Dubai in April.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Final Mesa toyed with her four rivals in Saturday's , winning the five-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies by 7 3/4 lengths. She paid $2.70.
Final Mesa is owned and trained by Wesley Ward, who also won last Saturday's 2-year-old stakes at Woodbine, the Victoria, with Madman Diaries.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Here Comes Ben might well have earned a trip to Saratoga with a flashy victory Friday night at Churchill Downs in a race that moved his 2010 record to 3 for 3.
Trainer Charlie Lopresti said the tentative plan is to run Here Comes Ben in the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga on Sept. 4. Ridden by Alex Solis, the 4-year-old colt launched a terrific run to nail Hamazing Destiny in the final yards of the $65,387 Kelly's Landing, an overnight stakes that anchored an 11-race card that drew an ontrack crowd of 26,330.
Zoeling put in a huge effort Friday evening to take the $75,000 Leemat at Presque Isle Downs. After being third early under Florent Geroux, the Favorite Trick gelding took over on the turn. Heavily favored Whistle Pig briefly led in the stretch, but the Doug Matthews trainee dug in to prevail by three-quarters of a length. Whistle Pig held off Anaan by a neck to be second. The running time of the six furlongs over the Tapeta surface was 1:10.24, and Zoeling returned $7 to win.
The track on Friday night at Prairie Meadows played fast, but Majesticperfection played faster. The 4-year-old Harlan's Holiday colt owned by Padua Stables and trained by Steve Asmussen won his stakes debut in a laugher, beating favored Atta Boy Roy by 4 3/4 lengths in the
while never really being asked in the stretch by jockey Shaun Bridgmohan. Time for the six furlongs? A track record 1:07.24, .61 faster than Coach Jimi Lee's old standard set in 2004.
ALTOONA, Iowa - Wynning Ride turned back defending champion Euphony to win the $100,000 stakes by a length Friday night at Prairie Meadows.
The Distaff and Saylorville were the supporting features on the first night of the Iowa Festival of Racing. The card was topped by the $125,000 Iowa Sprint. Subprime, whose connections chose to race elsewhere, and Patti's Regal Song, whom suffered a minor foot injury while preparing to ship, were scratched from the Distaff, leaving a field of four to go to post in the 1 1/16 contest for older females.
SHAKOPEE, Minn. - On June 26, 1985, Canterbury Downs became Minnesota's first parimutuel racetrack and opened its doors to a festive crowd of more than 15,000, many of whom had never been to the races before. On Saturday, Canterbury has another party planned, this time to mark its 25th birthday.
