Fatal Bullet ($2.40) was kept just off the early pace by jockey Eurico Da Silva and rallied to draw off by 1 3/4 lengths in the $100,000 Tom Ridge Labor Day Stakes at Presque Isle Downs on Monday evening.
Trained by Reade Baker, Fatal Bullet is now 6 for 7 lifetime over synthetic surfaces. MJ's Enchanteur set the early pace but then faded to second, 7 1/4 lengths in front of Honest trip.
The winning time for the six-furlong Tom Ridge was 1.08.60.
Gallon was awarded the win in Monday's $100,000 Emerald Downs Derby when Thiscatsgotcharm, who reached the wire a nose in front after 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.20, was disqualified for repeatedly bumping Gallon through a thrilling stretch duel.
Fear No Evil, who set the pace, held on for third in a field of seven.
Gallon, a son of Victory Gallop who races for Mike and Amy Feuerborn, paid $4.20 to win as the favorite and earned $55,000 for his owners. Gallon, who is trained by Jim Penney and was ridden by Ricky Frazier, has now won 4 of 11 starts and $187,940.
Owner/trainer Del Waite and jockey Osvaldo Vargas pulled off the upset when Dancing Till Dawn ($32.60) rallied to win the $50,000 Ann Arbor Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths at Pinnacle Race Course on Monday.
Twilighted Thistle and Clever Idea finished second and third, respectively, while favored Wave Pool was up for fourth in the field of 10..
The 4-year-old filly Allnightdance not only outfought Cat Hop to barely reach the wire first, but earned a course record and her first career stakes victory in the process Monday night at Mountaineer Racetrack.
Making a six-wide move under Oswald Pereira, Allnightdance ($28.40) got up by a head in the co-featured $75,000 Summer Finale Handicap for fillies and mares. Her time of 1:37.94 for a mile and 70 yards erased the turf course record of 1:38.14 set by the 3-year-old filly Beautiful Venue on Aug. 4, 2007.
SHAKOPEE, Minn. - Trainer Judi Hicklin pulled the upset of the meet in the $50,000 Shakopee Stakes at Canterbury Park on Monday when Let It Rock edged his stablemate Wayzata Bay in the mile and 70-yard contest as the longest wagering choice in the field of five.
The Henderson, Ky., sheriff's office on Tuesday was reviewing videotape of a failed armed robbery of a section of mutuel-wagering windows that occurred shortly after Ellis Park ran the last race of its summer meet the previous evening.
Ellis spokesman Mark Geary said six people had been sequestered at the track late Monday for questioning by law-enforcement officials and that he believed arrests were imminent, although none had been made as of early Tuesday afternoon.
RUIDOSO, N.M. - Stolis Winner, the 9-5 favorite, pulled away from 5-2 second-choice Jet Black Patriot to win the 50th running of the Grade 1, $1.9 million All American Futurity by a half-length on Monday at Ruidoso Downs.
Jockey G.R. Carter Jr. pushed Stolis Winner over the 440 yards in 21.17 seconds for the gelding's third Grade 1 futurity win. He won the Grade 1, $1 million Heritage Place Futurity at Remington Park and the Grade 1, $625,000 at Ruidoso Downs.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Jockey Alan Garcia and trainer Bobby Frankel capped an excellent Saratoga season on Monday when Garcia guided the Frankel-owned and -trained Vineyard Haven to a front-running 2 1/4-length score in the Grade 1, $250,000 Hopeful Stakes.
The victory enabled the 22-year-old Garcia to clinch the Saratoga riding title while giving Frankel his fourth Grade 1 win of the meet.
Garcia won two races on Monday, giving him 39 for the meet, three more than John Velazquez.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Trainer Christopher Paasch said he had reserved the name Stardom Bound five years ago, saving it for a special filly. He finally submitted the name for a Tapit filly he bought for owner Charles Cono at a 2-year-old in training sale earlier this year, and on Monday at Del Mar, everybody saw why.
Their first-stringers had Labor Day off, but the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby at Philadelphia Park still came down to a battle between Nick Zito and Rick Dutrow. The outcome was in doubt to the final strides, when the Zito-trained Anak Nakal finally caught Dutrow-trained Acai to win the $1 million race for 3-year-olds by a neck.
Rebounding from a fifth-place finish in the Jim Dandy, Anak Nakal began picking off rivals around the far turn under Joe Bravo, came three wide into the stretch, and closed with a determined surge to catch Acai in the final strides.
