LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eight days after lying prone for several minutes following a frightening spill on the Keeneland Polytrack, jockey John Velazquez made a triumphant return from New York when giving Alwajeeha a flawless ride Saturday in winning the final Grade 1 race of the Keeneland fall meet, the 25th running of the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup.
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ARCADIA, Calif. - Casino Drive was pronounced ready for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Oct. 25 after winning an allowance race in his synthetic track debut on Sunday.
Casino Drive ($2.80) finished three-quarters of a length in front of Dakota Phone after leading by a length with a furlong remaining. Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Casino Drive ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.14.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Cowboy Cal lost a tight photo but won the inquiry when awarded victory Sunday following a prolonged duel in the Grade 3, $150,000 Bryan Station Stakes at Keeneland.
Seaspeak, a 12-1 shot under Kent Desormeaux, outnodded Cowboy Cal by a head, but the Keeneland stewards judged Seaspeak to be guilty of interference after the two horses bumped during a fierce stretch drive.
The drop from graded stakes company was all Zada Belle needed to regain her best form.
Facing softer competition after chasing Indian Blessing in the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom last time out, Zada Belle ($2.80) outdueled Shananie's Song and pulled away to a 1 1/2-length victory in Saturday night's $65,000 Seton Hall University Stakes at the Meadowlands.
Ridden by Stewart Elliott for trainer Saeed bin Suroor, Zada Belle won for the fifth time in eight lifetime starts while covering six furlongs in 1:09.12.
Eddie C., enjoying his best season at age 6, collected his first stakes win in Saturday night's $100,000 Wild and Wonderful West Virginia at Charles Town.
Still eligible for his first allowance condition when the season began, Eddie C. ($9) is now 6 for 11 this year for Maryland-based trainer Chris Grove after defeating Anthony J. by three lengths in the seven-furlong Wild and Wonderful West Virginia. He ran the distance in 1:24.60 for jockey J.D. Acosta.
Are You Serious finished sixth of eight as the 2-1 favorite.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Tasha's Miracle caught stablemate Dawn Before Dawn and held off a late run from Gorgeous Goose to win the second stakes of her career in Saturday's $106,100 Harold Ramser Handicap at Santa Anita.
Tasha's Miracle ($4.60) ran a mile on turf in 1:34.83, finishing a nose in front of Gorgeous Goose, who rallied on the rail. Dawn Before Dawn finished third in the field of five 3-year-old fillies.
Queen of Tee prevailed in a stretch long duel to win her first career race in the $100,000 City of Anderson at Hoosier Park on Saturday.
Trained by Genaro Garcia, Queen of Tee stayed just behind the pacesetting Z What U Got, part of a 1-2 entry, through brisk opening fractions. She rallied to the lead into the stretch and then held off Nightly Ritual to prevail by a neck under Inosencio Diego.
STICKNEY, Ill. - Jockey E.T. Baird may be a Chicagoan by history, but he is by no means a Hawthorne regular these days. Still, even with just 4 winners from 15 Hawthorne mounts in 2008, Baird has managed to wind up in the thick of things here. In April, he won the Illinois Derby on the longshot Recapturetheglory, and on Saturday, he rode Strait of Mewsina to a 19-1 surprise in the Grade 3, $250,000 Hawthorne Derby.