ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Locally-based Rahy's Attorney pulled off a 12-1 upset in Sunday's $1,078,200 Woodbine Mile, while heavily favored Kip Deville could only manage fifth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Win and Youre In race.
Rahy's Attorney got an astute ground-saving ride from Slade Callaghan, who had him placed just behind pacemaker Just Rushing on the backstretch, through fractions of 24.47 and:48.25 seconds, over a course labeled yielding.
MIAMI - Big Drama duplicated the performance he gave in the Dr. Fager Stakes three weeks earlier with a similarly easy 3 1/2-length triumph over Three Part Harmony in Saturday's $150,000 Affirmed Stakes, middle leg of the open division of the Florida Stallion series, on Saturday at Calder.
You Luckie Mann, the 6-5 favorite, finished a tiring third.
The Affirmed was the highlight of Calder's Juvenile Showcase, a 12-race program featuring all races for 2-year-olds.
Shopton Lane ($2.80) relied on his superior speed to outrun three opponents over a sloppy track to win the $67,900 Formal Gold Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday.
A 4-year-old colt ridden by Jose Lezcano for trainer Bruce Levine, Shopton Lane was unpressured through soft fractions of 25.69 seconds, 50.34, and 1:13.85 in the 1 1/16-mile race and finished three lengths in front of 5-2 second choice Indy Wind, covering the distance in 1:43.86.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The last time she had raced, C.S. Silk cruised to a six-furlong dirt maiden win on July 6 at Churchill Downs, but Saturday in the Arlington-Washington Lassie, the scene looked much different: First time on Polytrack, first time at a middle distance, and first start against other winners.
"There were a lot of different angles there for her," said jockey Robby Albarado.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Bob Baffert didn't need his star filly to win Saturday's Grade 1 Ruffian. His backup did the job just fine, thank you.
Baffert scratched his champion Indian Blessing from the Ruffian, but still won it anyway, as Tough Tiz's Sis splashed her way to a 12 1/4-length victory in the $300,000 Ruffian at Belmont Park. Copper State, second to Ginger Punch in the Go for Wand, managed second again by 1 1/4 lengths length over Stage Luck.
Miraculous Miss, Rite Moment, 5-2 favorite Spring Waltz, Little Belle, and Boca Grande completed the order of finish.
ELMONT, N.Y. - As the minority owner of dual classic winner Big Brown, Paul Pompa Jr. has spent much of the year overshadowed by his partners, the International Equine Acquisitions Holdings Stable.
Saturday, in the Grade 1 Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park, Pompa got the spotlight all to himself, coincidentally, at the expense of his Big Brown partners.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Indian Blessing, the 7-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park, was scratched from that mile and a sixteenth race and will be kept sprinting for now, trainer Bob Baffert said.
With an eye toward next month's Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita, Baffert said he would now consider running Indian Blessing in either the $400,000 Presque Isle Masters at six furlongs on Sept. 13 or the Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom going 6 1/2 furlongs at Belmont on Sept. 20.
Jockey Dale Beckner became the first rider to ever win six races on a Presque Isle Downs card Saturday evening.
Beckner won the first of the evening's eight races aboard Mr Zarrow ($27), the second with Meago's Command($4.80), the third on Paving the Way($9.20), the fifth on Princess Lynn($13), the sixth aboard Royal Streak ($10.80), and the nightcap on Takeittopapa($6).
Beckner now has 78 wins for the meet, placing him second in the standings behind Rex Stokes III, who has ridden 84 winners.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Even-money favorite Lee's Sprit rallied strongly from the second flight to win Saturday's $150,000 A. L. "Red" Erwin Stakes at Louisiana Downs. Snug, who helped set the early pace, held on for second, and was followed by Taylortown.
The race was moved from the turf to the main track due to rain earlier in the week from Hurricane Gustav.
