DEL MAR, Calif. - The racing saddle used on Lethal Heat in Friday's $108,900 Real Good Deal Stakes will not be in storage for long.

On Saturday morning, trainer Barry Abrams said that Lethal Heat emerged from her victory against males in the seven-furlong Real Good Deal in fine shape and will be pointed for the $350,000 Del Mar Oaks over 1 1/8 miles on turf next Saturday.

"It was like a workout," he said of the Real Good Deal. Well, one that includes a first-place purse of $65,340 and the distinction of beating seven statebred males for her fourth stakes win.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Archipenko and Mount Nelson got the publicity, but Spirit One got the candy, taking the 26th Arlington Million wire to wire over his more highly regarded fellow European shippers.

The three-horse Richard Small-trained entry ran first, second, and third in the $50,000 Twixt for Maryland-bred 3-year-old fillies at Laurel Park, but with a twist.

Pissarro crossed the line first after a roughly run stretch drive, a neck ahead of Hartigan with Inventive another 4 3/4 lengths behind. After a review, the stewards reversed the order of the first two finishers.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Mauralakana continued her rise to the top of the filly-mare turf division when getting a textbook trip under Kent Desormeaux and giving trainer Christophe Clement a record third victory in the Grade 1, $750,000 Beverly D. on Saturday at Arlington Park.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It has taken longer than expected to get Hellvelyn to the races, and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is eager to find out if it was worth the wait when Hellvelyn makes his U.S. debut in Monday's $80,000 Troy Stakes.

The Troy, carded for 5 1/2 furlongs on the outer turf course, is the featured event on a 10-race card that brings to a close the first half of the meet. The Troy goes as race 4.

Lettie’s Relic, 9-2 under Eduardo Nunez, rallied from far back to upset 1-2 favorite Blue Pepsi Lodge by a length in the $55,000 Hooting Star at Calder.

Blue Pepsi Lodge drew well clear going around the turn of the five-furlong race, had a four- or five-length lead in the stretch, and caved in when the winner came calling.

Mr. Silver tracked the pace four wide into the stretch and faded, finishing third, another 4 3/4 lengths behind.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Sugar Bay ($9.60) notched her first stakes victory in Saturday’s $182,845 Duchess, a seven-furlong test for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine.

Sugar Bay saved ground on the turn before Chantal Sutherland angled her wide at the eighth pole, and they closed strongly in the final furlong to nose out Verdana Bold for the victory.

“I was lucky to sneak through on the rail when I did,” said Sutherland, who won five races on the card. “I knew I had some momentum. It just all worked out. The two times I’ve ridden her, she’s given me great [late] run.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Bobby Frankel believes with a little luck Ariege could have won either or both of her turf starts in Southern California. Ariege needed no luck, just her superior skill to win Saturday's $102,500 Madame Jumel on Saratoga's yielding turf.

Making her first start since April 10, Ariege launched a four-wide bid around the turn and then rallied down the center of the inner turf course to win the Madame Jumel by 2 1/4 lengths over Closeout. It was three-quarters of a length to Lickety Lemon.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Rene Douglas reached the quarter pole in the Secretariat Stakes, closing in on the leader with a handful of horse named Winchester underneath him. And he had a fitting thought at that moment.

"I didn't want to move too early," Douglas said. "I took a couple looks back, didn't see anybody, and I said, 'Let's go.' It was going to take Secretariat to catch me."

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Like everybody else up here, trainer James Bond hopes the rain has subsided for a while. Bond would like to run his 5-year-old mare Hostess against the boys in Saturday's Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational, but only if the Saratoga turf course is firm.

"If the course is ready, she's ready," Bond said Saturday after Hostess worked five furlongs in 1:00.88 in company with Believeinmenow over the Oklahoma training track.