Conjuress led from start to finish to win the $50,000 Scarlet and Gray at Beulah Park on Saturday. Trained by W.J. Danner, Conjuress dueled for the lead from the inside and set quick early fractions of 21.50 seconds and 44.74 under Edgar Paucar.

Paucar asked the 3-year-old daughter of Indian Charlie for her best entering the stretch, and she responded to draw off by three lengths in upper stretch. Conjuress then cruised home to win by four impressive lengths. Diamond Lass was second and Jilli's Cape was another 1 1/2 lengths back in third.

In upper stretch of the $50,000 Finger Lakes Juvenile on Saturday, it looked as if either Mike From Queens or the filly Vintage Touch would come away the winner. The pair had battled head and head from the start and put a large distance between themselves and the other four runners in the field on the far turn.

Sales Tax got her first win in six starts this year in Saturday's $50,000 All Brandy Stakes at Laurel, but she needed the help of the stewards to get it.

Sales Tax, under Malcolm Franklin, was unable to get ahead of Ten Bolts after being pushed several lanes wide during a stretch-long duel in the 1 1/8-mile turf race for registered Maryland-bred fillies and mares. However, Ten Bolts, ridden by Travis Dunkelberger, was disqualified and placed second for interference.

Retraceable circled into contention on the far turn en route to a comfortable victory in the $250,800 Princess Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine.

Retraceable ($6.20) raced in midpack on the backstretch of the 1 1/16-mile route for 2-year-old fillies. Sanguine set a lively pace while being tracked by favored High Mist, who hit the front nearing the three-eighths pole before fading at the quarter pole.

Whistle Pig grabbed his fourth stakes victory of 2008 on Saturday after he flew up the rail in the $75,000 Yankee Affair at Philadelphia Park, catching pacesetter Night Stand in the final strides to win by a neck.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - In three weeks, Criticism made up for a lost 10 months.

Making the step forward her connections were hoping for from her runner-up performance in last month's Athenia Handicap, Criticism took over in upper stretch from pacesetting Sunshine for Life and cruised to a one-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct.

J'ray, well back early, rallied for second, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Astrologie, part of the 3-2 favored European entry trained by Andre Fabre.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A little later than hoped, Pamona Ball has emerged as a promising 2-year-old filly.

After losing her first two starts at Del Mar, Pamona Ball won her second straight in Saturday's $107,700 Sharp Cat Stakes at Hollywood Park. Pamona Ball was making her stakes debut in the Sharp Cat.

"I was hoping she could be ready for the Breeders' Cup," trainer Eoin Harty said. "She was unlucky at Del Mar when I ran her there twice, and we're playing catch-up now."

Lee Spurlock, a longtime trainer at River Downs, Turfway Park, and Beulah Park, died Wednesday at age 75 while undergoing heart surgery at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. A viewing will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at Tufts-Schildemeyer Funeral Home in Milford, Ohio, with a funeral scheduled for 11 a.m Tuesday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The past year at Hastings has to be viewed as a year of transition where the local industry took a big step forward to get back on stable ground.

Following years of decline, it appears that the bottom was reached in 2007 and horsemen can look forward to better things in the next few years.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Marsh Side, the upset winner of the Grade 1 Canadian International at Woodbine last month, will make his next start in the Group 1 Japan Cup at Tokyo Race Course on Nov. 30, trainer Neil Drysdale said on Friday.

Marsh Side's victory in the $2 million Canadian International on Oct. 4 was part of the Breeders' Cup Win and You're In program for the BC Turf at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, but Drysdale said the additional time to the Japan Cup made it more attractive than the Breeders' Cup.