Musket Man remained undefeated and stamped himself as one of the early favorites for the Sam F. Davis Stakes and Tampa Bay Derby with a game length victory in the $75,000 Pasco Stakes on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The Pamplemousse got a gift Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita, and he was not about to give it back. He had the lead ceded to him when Brother Keith bore out badly on the first turn, and from that point on, The Pamplemousse never looked back. He held safe odds-on favorite Square Eddie to win the first two-turn graded stakes of the year for 3-year-olds pointing to the Santa Anita Derby and then the Kentucky Derby.

Rated Fiesty got the bob to win the $50,000 American Beauty by a head over 3-2 favorite Palanka City at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. With the win, she gave her trainer, Steve Asmussen, his fifth win in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares. It was another 2 1/4 lengths back in third to Maren's Meadow.

NEW ORLEANS - Steve Asmussen won his fifth race of Saturday's card when Rolling Sea used a powerful stretch move to beat heavily favored Bear Now by 5 1/2 lengths in the $60,000 Truly Bound Handicap at Fair Grounds. Asmussen finished the day with six wins.

Bear Now, racing for the first time since her eighth-place finish in the Breeder's Cup Ladies' Classic, stalked pacesetter Adhrhythm in the early going. Bear Now moved forward and got a head in front of Adhrhythm on the turn, but Rolling Sea soon took over. Adhrhythm held on for third place.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - On paper, there appeared to be an abundance of speed in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Handicap. But in the end, nobody was faster than Ikigai, who cruised to a 2 1/4-length victory over Rollers in the Grade 3 dash, highlighted Saturday's card at Gulfstream Park along with the $100,000 Dania Beach Stakes.

"They can't run with him," said Marty Wolfson who trains Ikigai for owner Edmund Gann. "They really can't. I loved him today. If he can run 45 over at Calder, you know he can run fast over here."

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Barrier Reef continued his love affair with Aqueduct's inner track, persevering through a stretch battle with Broadway Producer to win Saturday's $69,095 Evening Attire Stakes by a neck.

It was a length back to Brilliant Son in third. He was followed by Judiths Wild Rush and the pacesetting Barcola.

NEW ORLEANS - Jockey James Graham didn't celebrate taking over the top of the rider standings in the strong Fair Grounds colony - he was more focused on the joy of being a jockey.

"How can you get paid for something you love so much?" said Graham. "I work hard every day, but this ain't work; I just try to get as much run out of them as I can."

Graham has been getting a lot of run from his mounts lately. Entering racing on Saturday as the only rider at the meet with over $1 million in earnings, Graham had 37 wins from 238 mounts.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Two years ago, Bisnath Parboo and his family enjoyed 15 minutes of fame as the owners of Johannesburg Star, who earned a big-figure maiden win as a 2-year-old but who fizzled out at 3. Parboo reportedly turned down a seven-figure offer for the horse, who never won again after earning a 102 Beyer Speed Figure winning an inner-track maiden race by 9 1/2 lengths in December of his 2-year-old year.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The California Horse Racing Board has launched a study on racetrack safety as part of a broader effort to reduce injuries, the board announced.

The study will be conducted in conjunction with other studies and could take as long as six months to complete, according to chairman John Harris.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - Few trainers have enjoyed more success at Tampa Bay Downs than Kirk Ziadie, so it should come as no surprise that he seems ready to make a run at the training title here this season. Ziadie won the title in 2005-06 but scaled back his local operation the past two seasons before returning this meet with a barn full of runners.

Ziadie surged to the front in the standings coming into Saturday's program, having saddled 14 winners from 31 starters, a blistering 45 percent win rate.