Glitter Rox, the 15-1 outsider in a five-horse field, closed strongly along the inside to capture the Grade 3, $183,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine.
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Lady Alexander survived a stretch duel with Ocean Colors to score a three-length victory in the off-the-turf $60,000 Mongo Queen at Monmouth Park.
Ridden by Daniel Centeno for trainer Bruce Alexander, Lady Alexander ($5.80) ran 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:02.87 while winning for the third time in six lifetime starts.
Ocean Colors, the 8-5 favorite in a field of six 3-year-old fillies, held second, 3 1/2 lengths in front of Puddy de Luca.
Six horses were scratched when the race was taken off the turf.
Target Sighted raced out of town on dirt for the first two starts of his career, but relished the opportunity to get on the grass at his home base of Laurel Park.
Coming off a maiden victory at Penn National, Target Sighted ($25.20) rallied to overtake Music City by a neck in the opening-day feature, the $50,000 Humphrey S. Finney Stakes for 3-year-old Maryland-breds.
Ridden by Jonathon Joyce for trainer Fran Campitelli, Target Sighted was the only horse in a field of five with no turf experience. He completed 1 1/16 miles on a course labeled good in 1:45.28.
Smokin Hero was much too quick for his four New York-bred 3-year-old rivals in Saturday's $50,000 Ontario County Stakes at Finger Lakes.
Sent to the front by jockey John Davila Jr., Smokin Hero ($4.20) established command through fractions of 21.04 and 44.64 seconds. He cruised to a three-length victory over stablemate Early Response in a stakes-record time of 1:09.25 for six furlongs. It was also the fastest six- furlong time of the season at Finger Lakes.
Since coming to leading trainer Chris Englehart's barn, Smokin Hero is 2 for 2. Overall, he is 4 for 11.
DEL MAR, Calif. - The issue of what to do with Colonel John for the rest of this summer went largely ignored between Bill Casner of WinStar Farm and trainer Eoin Harty on Saturday morning, a day after the colt's convincing win in his turf debut in the $91,970 Wickerr Stakes at Del Mar.
The Wickerr was intended as a prep race for the $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga on Sept. 5 or the $1 million Pacific Classic here on Sept. 6. Instead, Colonel John could follow a different career path - on turf.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The sight of Commentator on the track always brings a smile to trainer Nick Zito's face. When Commentator works the way he did Saturday morning, the smile broadens.
Commentator completed preparations for his attempt at winning a third Whitney Handicap next Saturday with a four-furlong work in 47.85 seconds Saturday morning over the Oklahoma training track. Under regular exercise rider Maxine Correa, Commentator went in fractions of 11.61 seconds and 23.43 and galloped out five furlongs in 1:02.64.
OPELOUSAS, La. - Longshot The Rumor's True ($38.60) unleashed a strong rally down the stretch to outfinish odd-on favorite Rebel Queen and capture Friday night's filly division of the $100,000 John Franks Memorial Stakes at Evangeline Downs. It was another neck back to Addy Annie in third, followed by Twelve Stepper.
NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Trainer Gerald Bennet's consecutvie win streak at Thistledown came to an end with eight winners, one short of the record nine won by Jamie Ness just two months ago, when his charge Berkley Square finished fifth in Friday's sevenh race at Thistledown.
Berkley Square broke a step slowly in the five-furlong claiming event but recovered nicely under Ernesto Oro, who handled the riding chores for Bennett's previous eight winners, to settle just three lengths off the early lead. He then turned in an even effort, finishing fifth beaten four lengths.
DEL MAR, Calif. - A two-length win by Colonel John in Friday's $91,970 Wickerr
Stakes at Del Mar, the five-time stakes winner's turf debut, left trainer Eoin Harty dazzled, and unsure whether to stay on turf.
"It's certainly a viable option now," Harty said. "He can do anything."