ETOBICOKE, Ontario - First-time starter Olredlgetcha ($23.50) manhandled his six rivals Sunday at Woodbine in the $152,150 Victoria, the first 2-year-old stakes of the Woodbine meet.
It was the second triumph in the five-furlong Victoria for trainer Greg de Gannes, who won last year's renewal with Southern Exchange.
"He's just an ultimate professional," said de Gannes. "He's very athletic. I thought he was a high enough quality horse that we decided to take a shot."
OPELOUSAS, La. - Jockey Gerard Melancon swept the weekend's two stakes at Evangeline Downs after staging a furious late rally with Break Up in Saturday night's $50,000 Acclaim Stakes. On Friday, Melancon also turned in a late run on board Seven Seventythree to capture the $50,000 Salute Stakes for 3-year-old Louisiana-bred fillies.
Silent Pipe, who set all the pace in the Acclaim, narrowly failed to hang on, finishing only a nose behind Break Up with Milwaukee Miracle another 2 1/4 lengths back in third. The final time for the seven furlongs over a fast track was 1:23.90.
ALTOONA, Iowa - Defending champ Red Hot N Gold controlled his seven opponents efficiently in Saturday night's $70,000 Cyclones Handicap, a 1 1/16-mile stakes for Iowa-breds. The popular 5-year-old gelding by Gold Case, ridden confidently by leading rider Terry Thompson, assumed command entering the backstretch run and maintained his advantage thereafter to defeat Dynamic Affair by two lengths.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A year ago, Informed was a $25,000 claimer. Saturday, he became a Grade 2 winner with an upset victory in the at Hollywood Park. Informed ($30.20) caught 2-1 favorite Rail Trip in the final sixteenth to win the Californian by three-quarters of a length. Dakota Phone finished a head behind Rail Trip in the field of 11 older horses.
Happy Humor became a stakes winner on Saturday when he stalked and pounced his way to a 1 3/4-length win over Cajun Gent in the $50,000 Free Spirits Handicap at Ruidoso Downs. It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Vital Force.
Wind Water, the favorite and a front-runner, never made the lead and finished seventh.
Happy Humor ($5.80) covered six furlongs in 1:10. Ken Tohill was aboard for Gary Thompson and trainer Jon Arnett. Happy Humor has now won 5 of 11 starts and $129,025.
Hotlantic set a quick pace then held off a fast-closing Category Seven for a head win in the $50,000 Top Corsage at Louisiana Downs on Saturday. The 7 1/2-furlong race for fillies and mares was one of two turf stakes on the card. Classy Deelites led throughout to upset the $50,000 Barksdale at 16-1.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - The broodmare Coyote Cafe had back-to-back winners at Lone Star Park on Saturday, when Gold Coyote rallied for a three-length win in the $50,000 Carter McGregor Jr. Memorial Stakes and his younger brother, Coyote Legend, accounted for a maiden special weight for 2-year-olds one race later. Both horses are by Gold Legend and were bred by their owner, Clarence Scharbauer Jr.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Passing the five-furlong pole, with heavily favored Warrior's Reward already pulling even, Successful Dan appeared headed for defeat. But the gritty Successful Dan refused to lose when emerging best by a head after a virtual race-long duel Saturday in the Grade 3, on the Stephen Foster undercard at Churchill Downs.
With Julien Leparoux riding for breeder-owner Morton Fink and trainer Charlie Lopresti, Successful Dan remained unbeaten in three career starts by capturing his stakes debut.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - It's an old racetrack cliche about slow races: "You could've timed that one with a sun dial." And it perfectly fit the Possibly Perfect Stakes on Saturday at Arlington.
Rained from turf onto Polytrack, the Possibly Perfect looked on paper like it had a pace void. Looked that way out on the track, too. Cherokee Queen is no speed horse, but she easily made the lead, set what seemed like impossibly slow fractions, and turning for home sprinted away from the closers in the field to win the $53,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths.