LINCOLN, Neb. - Lou Lou Larue scored her second straight stakes victory under a hand ride by Damon Leeds as she easily dispatched a short field of four 3-year-old fillies in the $15,630 Princess Stakes at Lincoln on Saturday afternoon.

ALTOONA, Iowa - Trainer Brett Creighton's gamble paid off when Humble Destin outfinished six rivals to win the $60,000 Prairie Express, a six-furlong race for 3-year-olds and upward.

"He's been doing everything right, I figured that I'd take a shot," said Creighton.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Jockey Don Simington was a hero for longshot players Saturday at Louisiana Downs. He won two of the six stakes on Louisiana Cup Day with bombers, taking the $100,000 Oaks with 33-1 shot Debris, and the $100,000 Distaff with 19-1 outsider Vickies in Town.

"Anytime you have a big day like this and it goes well for you, it's just icing on the cake," Simington said. "It was just a perfect day."

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - After Smiling Tiger's narrow third-place finish in the Harry Henson Stakes at Hollywood Park in April, his first start in more than seven months, trainer Jeff Bonde displayed nothing but confidence about the colt's future.

His outlook was only enhanced in Saturday's $100,000 Laz Barrera Memorial Stakes. Smiling Tiger led throughout the Grade 3 race over seven furlongs, his first graded stakes win, holding off a late threat from 5-2 favorite Concord Point to win by a half-length.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- The third edition of the was bet like a two-horse race, but only one of the main players fired. That was Bay to Bay, who made short work of her opponents on Saturday at Arlington, beating pacesetting Go Ask Alex by 2 1/2 lengths. Not such good results for favored Queen of the Creek, who was unsettled early, and never really showed much spark, checking in a well-beaten third in the mile turf race.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Chicago invader Free Fighter got a great trip from just off the pace and went swooping to victory Saturday in the 73rd running of the at Churchill Downs.

With Francisco Torres riding for trainer Chris Block, Free Fighter drew clear leaving the quarter pole and was never threatened in the stretch run of the 1 1/2-mile turf race, prevailing by two lengths over Bearpath. Brass Hat, the 119-pound highweight in a field of 10 older horses, was another 1 1/4 lengths back in third.

Affluence followed up his maiden win earlier in the month at Delaware Park with an impressive 6 1/2-length victory there in Saturday s $50,700 Par Four Stakes.

Ridden by Jose Valdivia for trainer Ron Potts, Affluence tracked the pacesetting Happytheman through an opening quarter-mile in 22.14 seconds in the 4 1/2-furlong Par Four, took over leaving the turn, and pulled away from his rivals. The favored Speed Demon bobbled at the start and wound up second, a neck in front of third-place Firepole in the field of eight 2-year-olds.

Treat Gently, a 5-year-old mare coming off dull next-to-last-place finishes in the Santa Ana Handicap and the Jenny Wiley, rebounded to win the 52nd running of the at Belmont Park on Saturday.

Rediscovering the form that landed her a win in the Group 2 Prix de Malleret as a 3-year-old in France nearly two years ago, Treat Gently took over from pacesetter Pari turning for home and drove clear under Kent Desormeaux to win by 4 1/2 lengths. Nehantic Kat. rallied from last to edge 5-2 second choice Bubbly Jane for second by a nose.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Christian Pilares drove Gathering Dreams through a very tight opening along the rail to make the lead at the eighth pole and drew off to a 2 3/4-length win win in the field of 10 Ohio-bred females in the $50,000, six-furlong Dr. T F. Classen Memorial Stakes at Thistledown on Saturday afternoon.

Gathering Dreams, a bay 4-year-old daughter of Mercer Mill, out of Touched Bythe Lite, by Lite Idea, is owned by Carol Weir and trained by Joe Shuman. She got the six furlongs in 1:12.60 over the good race track and returned $13.40 win mutuel.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Impossible Time mowed down the leaders at the sixteenth pole to notch her first stakes in the six-furlong, at Woodbine on Saturday.

Impossible Time ($10) took the long way around from the back of the pack to score by 2 1/2 lengths over the pacemaker, Dash It Dreamer. Favored Bent Attorney finished another half-length back in third in the eight-horse field of Ontario-sired fillies and mares.

Jono Jones rode the Roger Attfield-trained Impossible Time, who covered the distance in 1:08.79 and earned $75,000 for owner/breeder Charles Fipke.