Mon, 10/20/2008 - 00:00

Third straight Maple Leaf for Wilson

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Jockey Emma Wilson won the $180,350 Maple Leaf Stakes for the third year in a row Sunday at Woodbine aboard Tell It As It Is.

Whitepark Bay set slow fractions while being pressed by Russian Rosie and It’s True Love in the 1 1/4-mile event. Tell It As It Is rated kindly at the back of the pack until the far turn, where she began to mount a wide rally.

Tell It as It Is caught favored Arden Belle on wire, winning by a nose in a time of 2:04.99. Born to Be finished third in the seven-horse field of fillies and mares.

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 00:00

Mi Chiamano Mimi captures Anoakia

ARCADIA, Calif. - Mi Chiamano Mimi remained unbeaten after two starts with a front-running win in the $82,800 Anoakia Stakes at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Garrett Gomez, Mi Chiamano Mimi zipped six furlongs in 1:07.93, outfinishing 3-5 favorite Alpha Kitten by 1 1/4 lengths. Toro Bonito finished third in the field of nine 2-year-old fillies.

Owned by Nathaniel Friedman and trained by Mike Mitchell, Mi Chiamano Mimi was not seriously challenged through the Anoakia. The filly was making her first start since winning an $80,000 claimer for maidens at Del Mar on Aug. 29.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Golden Yank upsets Tiz Now Tiz Then

OKLAHOMA CITY - Golden Yank, who since the spring has picked up checks in a series of 3-year-old stakes, put it all together on Sunday when he drove to a length and three-quarter win over favorite Tiz Now Tiz Then in the $350,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park. It was another 2 3/4 lengths back in third to Acting Zippy.

The Oklahoma Derby was one of four stakes on the card, with the races worth a cumulative $675,000.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Patience pays off for Herboriste

LEXINGTON, Ky. – British-bred Herboriste got a patient ride from Julien Leparoux when gliding past favored Palmilla to post a 1 1/2-length victory Sunday in the $150,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes on the Keeneland turf.

Herboriste raced in fourth for most of the 1 1/2-mile trip before easing out for the drive and edging clear from Palmilla, who had defeated her in July in the Robert Dick Memorial at Delaware Park. "She was relaxed all the way," said Leparoux.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Belmont Wednesday carryover tops $1 million

The Belmont Park pick-six carryover for Wednesday will be $1,019,102 after the wager went unhit for the fourth straight day on Sunday. There was a carryover of $394,437 coming into the Sunday program.

Sunday's pick six eluded handicappers even though the sequence included two favorites, Just Livin a dream ($6.40) and Thunders Dove ($5.70).

The pick six winners were Just Livin a Dream, Rosie's Run ($19.80), Counting House ($21.60), Munition ($49), Thunders Dove, and Prime Obsession ($15.20).

Those picking five winners received a consolation payoff of $4,732.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Campbell, Houghton dominate Sire Stakes

NEW BOSTON, Mich. - The largest crowd of the inaugural season at Pinnacle Race Course turned out to see the Michigan Sire Stakes in its new home. The series, which evolved from a pair of juvenile stakes races first run at Detroit Race Course in 1985, had run the previous nine seasons at Great Lakes Downs. Both tracks are now shuttered.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Ghostly Thunder rewards Capuano's gamble

Trainer Gary Capuano could have played things safe by entering his 3-year-old Ghostly Thunder against his own age group in the $125,000 West Virginia Lottery, where he would have been an overwhelming favorite. Instead, Capuano took a risk by running Ghostly Thunder against older horses and stretching him out from seven furlongs to 1 1/8 miles for the first time in Saturday night's $500,000 West Virginia Breeders Classic.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Euphony finds a seam in Remington Oaks

OKLAHOMA CITY - Euphony won her third straight stakes race Saturday night, when she got through in upper stretch and barreled home a 2 1/4-length winner in the $75,000 Remington Park Oaks.

The one-mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies was the richest of three stakes on the card.

Euphony ($4.60) settled in fourth along the rail as Fabulous Babe led the field through six furlongs in 1:14.06. The eventual winner waited for racing room on the final turn, found a seam in upper stretch, and jetted to the lead. She covered the distance on firm turf in 1:38.43.

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:00

Pick six carryover of $394,437

There will be a three-day pick six carryover of $394,437 on Sunday at Belmont Park.

The pick six was last hit Monday on the Columbus Day holiday card. There were no winners in the three days since racing resumed at Belmont on Thursday.

Pick six bettors were in immediate trouble on Saturday when Stormy Smile won the first leg, the fifth race, paying $153 to win.

The consolation Saturday for picking 5 of 6 winners was $20,849.

Sat, 10/18/2008 - 00:00

Meadowlands: American Border gets up late

American Border got up in the final strides Friday night to win the wide-open Violet Handicap at the Meadowlands.

Only 2 1/2 lengths separated American Border from 11th-place finisher Shytoe Lafeet in the up-for-grabs stretch scramble. Jose Lezcano guided American Border ($24) up the fence to a half-length victory over Le Cordon Bleu, the determined pacesetter at 78-1 in the Grade 3, $150,000 stakes for fillies and mares on the turf. All Is Vanity finished third. The time was 1:41.74 for 1 1/16 miles over a firm course.