HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Oaklawn Park has rescheduled the Grade 3, $250,000 Southwest Stakes for next Saturday after being forced to cancel Monday's planned running because of freezing temperatures. Oaklawn called off the final six races Monday, as temperatures were 32 degrees and dropping in Hot Springs.
"The reason for the cancellation was that the track was starting to ice up," said Terry Wallace, spokesperson for Oaklawn.
Quiet All American, ridden by Victor Lebron, proved narrowly best in winning a three-horse photo in the colt-and-gelding division of the $100,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Championship, the anchor race of the sales company's annual one-day meet held Monday in Ocala, Fla.
Red Lead proved he will be a nice fit against the handicap division this year in New Mexico, when he drove to a two-length win over Quiet Again in the $50,000 Curribot at Sunland Park on Sunday. It was another 3 1/4 lengths back in third to favorite Song of Navarone.
Red Lead ($5.20) stalked pacesetter Z Humor through an opening half-mile in 49 seconds, advanced from there and went on to cover 1 1/16 miles on a track rated fast in 1:44.
Ken Tohill rode the winner for Frontier Stables and trainer Chris Hartman.
OLDSMAR, Fla. - Tampa Bay Downs's Festival Preview Day for 2010 is history, and the 12-race program was full of prizes and surprises, from Woodruff Ridge's $52.80 upset in the eighth race over 33-1 Later Gater, which produced a $1,123.20 exacta, to Rule's authoritative three-length victory in the .
For the second consecutive day, no one had six winners in Santa Anita's pick six on Saturday, resulting in a carryover of $516,485 into Sunday. Sunday's total pool could reach $2.5 million, according to track officials.
Santa Anita offers a nine-race card on Sunday, with first post at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. The pick six will cover races 4 through 9.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Striking Dancer encountered nothing but trouble in her local debut last month, but given a trouble-free trip on Sunday, she was able to pull off a 13-1 surprise in the for 4-year-old fillies at Santa Anita.
Striking Dancer ($28.60) came storming down the center of the track under jockey Alex Solis to defeat 17-1 shot Gripsholm Castle by 1 1/2 lengths, with Floating Heart another half-length back in third. Stardom Bound, the 2-1 favorite, finished seventh in the 11-horse field.
ARCADIA, Calif. -- St Trinians, who captured the Santa Maria Handicap on Saturday, will be pointed to the Grade 1, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap on March 6 and take on males in her next start, trainer Mike Mitchell said Sunday.
The options for St Trinians were to either run there, or wait another week and take on Zenyatta in the Grade 1, $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational for fillies and mares.
Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. said he chose to run Fuzzy Britches in Sunday's six-furlong Dearly Precious Stakes rather than Saturday's 1 1/16-mile Busher Stakes because, simply put, he felt the 3-year-old filly was better sprinting than she was going long.
Fuzzy Britches, second in the Busanda around two turns last time out, proved her trainer correct by running down Wild News in the final 70 yards to win the by a half-length at Aqueduct. Judge Sonya, who finished behind Fuzzy Britches when third in the Busanda, rallied to get second Sunday by a head over Wild News.
