Hezamazing became a stakes winner on Sunday, when he drew out to a 5 1/4-length win over Get Thee Hence in the $22,000 Arapahoe Park Sprint. It was another 6 3/4 lengths back in third to Locomotion.
Hezamazing ($5.20) stalked the pace early, then went on to cover six furlongs on a track rated good in 1:10.04. Quyet Bui was aboard the winner for owner Carly Lee Rollins and trainer Rick Houghton. Hezamazing was making his first start since a March allowance win at Turf Paradise.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Eye of the Leopard overcame a four-wide trip to land his first stakes Sunday at Woodbine in the $152,000 Plate Trial, an important prep for the $1 million Queen's Plate on June 21.
Eye of the Leopard, trained by Mark Frostad for Sam-Son Farm, was rated about three lengths off the lead on the backstretch under Eurico Da Silva. Costalivin set moderate fractions in the nine-furlong route, before giving way to a stalking Southdale at the head of the stretch.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Love That Dance flew out of the starting gate and never relinquished that advantage Sunday, beating Love for Not by 3 /-2 lengths in the $60,000 Open Mind Handicap for New Jersey-bred fillies and mares at Monmouth Park.
Joe Bravo hustled the lone 3-year-old in the race right to the front and they were never challenged during the six furlongs run in 1:09.59 on the fast track.
"She broke very sharp," trainer Ben Perkins Jr. said. "Joe got her out there in good order and she relaxed really well. She had plenty left."
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Ragazzo, winning for the third time in four starts, captured the Grade 1, $1,107,000 Heritage Place Futurity for Quarter Horses at Remington Park on Saturday night. A sorrel juvenile colt by Shazoom, Ragazzo won by a head over Streakin Down in a time of 17.585 seconds for the 350 yards. The Hiway was third and Happy Trick was fourth to account for an Eddie Willis-trained superfecta in the richest race on the card of seven stakes races. Willis also trains Too Tiny to Quit, who finished sixth as the favorite.
Unreachable Star unleashed a powerful run in the stretch to win the $70,000 William Henry Harrison at Indiana Downs on Saturday night. Ridden by leading rider Orlando Mojica, Unreachable Star was last in the early going. Mojica angled the 5-year-old out on the turn, and when asked, Unreachable Star blew past the filed of 12 Indiana-bred and -sired horses to win by two widening lengths.
A beautiful spring night attracted a large crowd to the Prairie Meadows apron to witness a pair of $50,000 stakes races, the Prairie Express and the Prairie Rose, both contested at six furlongs.
The Prairie Express, reduced to a field of four by the defection of six-furlong track record holder Coach Jimi Lee, was taken in convincing fashion by 3-10 favorite Native Ruler, who showed no ill effects from a foot injury that had sidelined him since winning Oaklawn Park's King Cotton Stakes on Jan. 31.
ALBANY, Calif. - Odds-on Spring House ($3.20) made a quick rail move to gain position and unleashed a strong stretch run to win the $100,000 Grade 3 Golden Gate Fields Turf at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.
The 7-year-old gelding, nearing millionaire status after notching his sixth stakes victory, avoided getting boxed in on the final turn of the 1 3/8-mile race. When the field hit the stretch, he easily wore down pacesetting Yacht Spotter, pulling clear to win by 1 1/4 lengths in 2:19.62. Sir Dave rallied to be second by one length over Yacht Spotter.
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.
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.