Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

$125K carryover Sunday at Hollywood

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The absence of a winning favorite in Saturday's pick six at Hollywood Park has resulted in a carryover of $124,071 for Sunday's nine-race program.

Sunday's pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 1 p.m.

There were scratches on Saturday in three of Sunday's pick six races. In the sixth race, a maiden claimer at 1 1/16 miles, Daily Suds is withdrawn from the also-eligible list, leaving a field of 12.

In the eighth race, I'll Show Them is withdrawn from a maiden special weight race at seven furlongs.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Magical Fantasy gets up in Gamely

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Magical Fantasy is forcing her way to the top of the female turf list.

After winning the Grade 2 Santa Barbara Handicap at Santa Anita in April, she returned to win the second Grade 1 race of her career in Saturday's $328,000 Gamely Stakes at Hollywood Park. Last summer, Magical Fantasy won the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks in a 42-1 upset.

Saturday, Magical Fantasy was dismissed at 6-1 and needed all of the 1 1/8 miles on turf to beat nine other fillies and mares.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Vannacide repeats in Ingrid Knotts

Vannacide defended her title in the $31,145 Ingrid Knotts Handicap at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo., on Saturday, when she closed from next to last for a 2 1/4-length win over Creek Woman. It was the 10th local win for Vannacide from 26 starts at Arapahoe.

Vannacide ($7.20) covered the six furlongs for Colorado-bred fillies and mares in 1:10.65. Adrian Ramos was aboard for Bill Vanlandingham and trainer Kenneth Gleason.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Nursery Rhyme finds a hole and runs through it

You could have moved all the king's horses and all the king's men through the hole that Nursery Rhyme and jockey Jesse Campbell found just before the eighth pole in the Fit for a Queen Stakes late Saturday afternoon at Arlington Park. Just as Dee's Rose leaned in and Sly Storm drifted slightly out, Campbell took Nursery Rhyme off the fence and on to a neck victory in the $52,400 Fit for a Queen.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Canyon Yodeler captures Aspen Cup

Canyon Yodeler, who two starts ago had raced for a claiming price of $10,000, became a stakes winner Saturday with a sharp, front-running effort in the $50,000 Aspen Cup at Ruidoso Downs. She won by three-quarters of a length over Collection Plate.

Canyon Yodeler ($17.80) dueled with favorite Shining Moment through fractions of 22 seconds for the opening quarter and 44.80 for the half-mile, then went on to cover six furlongs for 3-year-old fillies in 1:11.80.

Joe Martinez rode Canyon Yodeler for Desert Sun Stables and trainer David Wolochuk.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Albertrani stays hot in stakes

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Gozzip Girl and jockey Kent Desormeaux proved too fast for their rivals in the Grade 2 Sands Point at Belmont on Saturday.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Horsemen planning to run in the Belmont Stakes can rest easy. Trainer Tom Albertrani doesn't have anything for that race.

On Saturday, Albertrani continued his uncanny stakes success this year as Gozzip Girl, uncharacteristically racing on the lead, won Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park.

It was the 13th stakes win of the year for Albertrani and his third graded win at this meet. Earlier, Albertrani won the Grade 2 Nassau County and the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay. For the year, Albertrani is batting 40 percent in stakes races.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Bold Start gives Albarado No. 4,001

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bold Start got Robby Albarado started on his next 1,000 wins when he prevailed Saturday at Churchill Downs in the $112,600 Aristides, the race that followed Albarado notching the 4,000th victory of his career.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Halmi rallies to win

Halmi, under jockey Pablo Tolentino, came from off the pace and prevailed by a half-length in the $50,000 Green Carpet at River Downs.

Trained by Jeff Greenhill, Halmi saved every inch of ground until the far turn of the 1 1/16-mile turf event. Tolentino angled the 3-year-old gelding off the hedge and to the outside into the stretch and they took aim at the leaders. In midstretch, it looked as though Halmi would win by many, but second-place finisher Hurley's Way would not yield easily. Raise the Reward was two lengths back in third.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Marina Ballerina overcomes

Marina Ballerina figured to have an easy time once the $55,000 Cool Air Stakes was switched from the turf to a sloppy main track and two-time defending champion Charlie Papa scratched out of the overnight stakes. But that was not the case. Marina Ballerina stumbled leaving the gate and had to overcome a nightmare trip to post a brave half-length decision over Bereba in the five-furlong Cool Air.

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 00:00

Rutherienne makes her million

Rutherienne ($3.60) vaulted over the $1 million mark in career earnings with a decisive score in the Grade 2, $301,600 Nassau Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday.

Rutherienne stalked the leaders along the inside on the turn in the 1o1/16-mile turf event. She found room approaching the eighth pole and scooted home on top by three lengths over a closing Callwood Dancer, who had a troubled trip.

Meadow Saffron dueled through moderate fractions with Remarkable Remy before fading to third in the nine-horse field of fillies and mares. Dance to My Tune was scratched.