SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - With heavy favorite Lucky Island compromised by a troubled start, First Defence rolled to a 6 3/4-length victory in the $250,000 Forego Handicap Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.

A 4-year-old Unbridled's Song colt owned by Juddmonte Farms, First Defence set fractions of 22.53 and 44.61 and completed the seven furlongs in 1:21.55. He paid $17.60 as the 7-1 third choice in the field of 10. Greeley's Conquest edged Ferocious Fires for second, with Lucky Island finishing sixth.

All Giving took the track from favored La Chica Rica at the start and just kept going, winning the $50,000 Alma North Stakes at Timonium by 6 1/2 lengths. La Chica Rica, who had won five straight races, held second by another 6 1/2 lengths over Story of a Lion in the field of six Maryland-bred fillies and mares.

All Giving paid $5.60 as a strong second choice and covered the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:16.79 under Jonathan Joyce.

Sugar Bay ($14.30) landed her second straight stakes while making her first start on turf in the $182,800 Ontario Colleen at Woodbine.

Sugar Bay rallied strongly from midpack and passed the leaders at the eighth pole before pulling away for a 4 1/4-length score over Fareena. Favored Lickey Lemon came on belatedly for third in the one-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, from which the morning-line favorite, Northern Kraze, was scratched.

Malitzin recovered from trouble after the break to register a last-to-first, three-quarter-length victory over the 85-1 shot Glotona in the $55,000 Noble Robyn Stakes at Calder.

Malitzin, a 3-year-old daughter of Dynaformer, bumped with and then had to check over the heels of Alpha Charmer shortly after the start of the 1 1/16-mile Noble Robyn, which was decided over a yielding turf course. Malitzin trailed for the opening half-mile, unleashed a steady bid leaving the backstretch, then ran down Glotona in the final strides.

Adriano asserted his class in late stretch, outfinishing the 53-1 Roman Tiger by a half-length under jockey Kent Desormeaux to capture Saturday's $501,500 Kent Stakes on the turf at Delaware Park.

Earlier this year, Adriano won the Grade 2 Lane's End Stakes over the Polytrack at Turfway Park before finishing far back following an eventful trip in the Kentucky Derby.

But Adriano always gave the impression his best days would come on grass, a notion he verified with his performance in the Grade 3 Kent.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Buffalo Man rallied to beat defending champion Icy Atlantic by three-quarters of length Saturday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Red Bank Stakes on the turf at Monmouth Park.

It was the third win in eight starts this season for the 4-year-old colt and second Grade 3 win of season to go with the Appleton Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

MIAMI - La Chica Sensual, runaway winner of the Desert Vixen Stakes on Aug. 16, worked an easy five furlongs in 1:04.40 on Saturday for trainer Pablo Andrade.

The Desert Vixen was the opening leg of the filly division of the Florida Stallion Stakes. La Chica Sensual will return next Saturday as the likely favorite in the middle leg of the series, the seven-furlong $150,000 Susan's Girl.

DEL MAR, Calif. - McCann's Mojave, the multiple-stakes-winning California-bred, has been retired to stud after recent tests revealed damage to a tendon, owner Mike Willman said.

McCann's Mojave was scratched from the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 24 because of concern over a tendon. Additional tests on Friday revealed that the tendon had not improved, Willman said.

"The risk of injury was there," Willman said. "He's taken us on the ride of a lifetime and we had to do right by the horse.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Nearly one year after his biggest win, Timber Reserve finally picked up his next win.

Plagued by foot problems since winning the Pennsylvania Derby last Labor Day, Timber Reserve returned to the winner's circle Friday at Saratoga, winning a third-level allowance race by 1 1/2 lengths over favored Extreme Supreme. He ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.17 and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 99.

Fabulous Snoop hasn’t had an anxious moment while winning his first two career starts this summer at Yavapai Downs. He looks to continue that trend in Monday’s $20,000 Yavapai Downs Thoroughbred Futurity. The six-furlong event, for 2-year-olds who qualified from trials earlier in the meet, has a full field of 12.

The Futurity highlights the penultimate day of the stand. The 55-day meet comes to a close Tuesday. Racing returns to Turf Paradise in Phoenix for its 156-day meet beginning Oct. 3 and running through May 3, 2009.