Artie Hot ($23.20) collared favored True Metropolitan late to capture the Grade 3, $151,200 Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine.
Emma Wilson rode Artie Hot to prevail by a neck, in a final time of 1:43.30. Palladio rallied for third in the eight-horse field.
Artie Hot is trained by Nick Gonzalez.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - The $1 million Haskell Invitational for 3-year-olds Sunday at Monmouth Park will be a homecoming for Nistle's Crunch.
A New Jersey-bred colt trained by Ken McPeek, Nistle's Crunch has never run in his native state for owners and breeders Michael Harrison, an attorney who is president of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, and Dr. Alan Furst.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Garrett Gomez, the nation's leading rider in purse earnings this year with more than $12 million, was exonerated Monday by Del Mar's stewards for his actions aboard Eissoai following Sunday's third race, in which Gomez hit the filly on the left side near her mouth about 100 yards after the finish.
Gomez met with Del Mar's stewards in their ground-floor office for 20 minutes a little less than two hours before Monday's first race. The decision - no fine, no suspension - was announced just after the first race.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The six wins Rusty Arnold has knocked out this Arlington meet are in themselves good enough for a trainer based in Kentucky and New York over the summer. Much stronger still, three of those Arnold wins have come in Arlington stakes races, most recently Karelian's victory here Saturday in the $150,000 Sea o'Erin Handicap, his first start in nearly a year.
"We love Karelian," Arnold said. "What a good horse."
Seacrettina ($8) put on a show of speed in the $75,000 Silver Spur Breeders' Cup for 2-year-old fillies at Lone Star Park, winning the six-furlong race in a rapid time of 1:10.49. Time Well Spent finished second, six lengths clear of third-place finisher Bridesmaid.
Wayzata Bay ($5.20) closed with a rush to capture the $75,000 Prairie Meadows Handicap for the third straight year. The 6-year-old was allowed to settle at the back of the pack before circling the field under jockey Israel Ocampo. Red Hot n Gold, who set the pace before giving way to the winner, held on for second.
Odds-on favorite Nice Inheritance ($3.60) needed every ounce of her class advantage at Evangeline Downs as she gained the nod over Cutie Sabrina at the wire to capture the $60,000 Matron Handicap. Miss Peachtree finished third, 4 1/2 lengths behind the top pair.
A. J. Bakes ($7.20) drew off under steady prompting from rider Scott Stevens to prevail by 9 1/2 lengths in the $60,000 Minnesota Oaks for statebreds at Canterbury Park. Also on the card, Cubfanbudman ($41.80) overcame traffic problems in the early stages of the $60,000 Minnesota Derby, shook out of the pack with a sustained powerful move entering the stretch, and went on to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths.
Sirmione ($15.80) took the shortest way home under John McKee, sticking close to the rail for the entire one-mile trip when emerging victorious in a three-way photo in her stakes debut, the $50,000 HBPA Handicap at Ellis Park. Ballado's Thunder, the race-long front-runner, finished second, a neck behind the winner and just another nose before Mama I'm Home, the 2-1 favorite in a field of 10 fillies and mares.
Odds-on Wild Promises ($3.80) got the dream trip she expected and dominated in the lane to score an easy victory in the $52,950 Luther Burbank Handicap over 1 1/16 miles on the turf at the Sonoma County Fair. She defeated Lemon Kiss by six lengths, winning in 1:41.70.