Kalookan Dancer ($16.40) pulled clear on the turn and cruised to an easy victory in the $62,900 Vacaville Handicap at the Solano County Fair. Kalookan Dancer opened a five-length lead in the stretch and coasted home to defeat Steelin' by 3 1/2 lengths, winning in 1:08.85.
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Cawaja Beach ($5.80) mowed down all the speed to take the $151,200 Shady Well Stakes under a hand ride from Daniel David at Woodbine.
Cawaja Beach raced outside in mid-pack on the backstretch, as favored Poppin helped to set a fast pace in the 5 1/2-furlong dash for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies.
Warning Zone ($10.80) has morphed from a turf miler into a distance specialist in the last seven months.
Sunday at Hollywood Park, he won the $156,000 Sunset Handicap over 1 1/2 miles on turf, a distance that trainer John Sadler is the optimum trip for the 4-year-old colt.
In the Grade 2 Sunset, Warning Zone rallied from fifth to win by a length over Cedar Mountain, the 6-5 favorite who was last with a half-mile remaining. Porfido finished third in the field of seven. Boule d'Or, who led by as many as five lengths, faded to finish sixth.
Winning like a 2-5 shot should, Kip Deville ($2.80) alternated for the lead with 19-1 shot Sensational Humor through moderate early fractions, then unleashed a powerful finish under Cornelio Velasquez to win Sunday's $106,300, Grade 3 Poker Handicap by 2 3/4 lengths.
Kip Deville put a head in front at the quarter pole after six furlongs in 1:10.20 and widened impressively through a final quarter in 22.74 seconds to win the mile race in 1:32.94 on a sun-baked Widener turf course rated firm.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - It probably won't be long before trainer Bret Calhoun is inducted into the Lone Star Park Hall of Fame. On a day when the track enshrined its second class, Calhoun won three of the six restricted stakes on the annual $500,000 Stars of Texas Day program. It was the second straight year he has done so, sending out three winners on the same stakes program in 2007.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The Curlin turf experiment is not necessarily over, but it suffered a blow Saturday when the 2007 Horse of the Year finished second to Red Rocks in the Grade 1, $500,000 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park in his grass debut.
He didn't run poorly, and the horse who beat him won the 2006 Breeders' Cup Turf. It simply wasn't everything that trainer Steve Asmussen and majority owner Jess Jackson had hoped for.
They were looking for an effort in the 1 3/8-mile race to propel Curlin on to France and an assault on the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October.
FORT ERIE, Ontario - Harlem Rocker rolled to a convincing 1 1/4-length victory at Fort Erie in Sundays $500,000 Prince of Wales, putting a quick end to Not Bourbons Canadian triple crown quest.
Harlem Rocker, who had skipped the Queens Plate following an indifferent effort in Woodbines Plate Trial, evidently relished the return to dirt here as he remains undefeated in four starts on that surface.
Not Bourbon, meanwhile, was a disappointing sixth in the field of seven after winning the 1 1/4-mile Queens Plate at Woodbine.
STANTON, Del. - Two years ago, Hystericalady flopped as the 4-5 favorite in the Delaware Oaks, finishing fifth after setting the pace. Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who owns Hystericalady in partnership with Dr. George Todaro and Tom Clark, felt that race was a fluke, especially since it was contested on an extremely hot and humid day.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - It probably won't be long before trainer Bret Calhoun is inducted into the Lone Star Park Hall of Fame. On a day when the track enshrined its second class, Calhoun won three of the six restricted stakes on the annual $500,000 Stars of Texas Day program. It was the second straight year he has done so.
FORT ERIE, Ontario Not Bourbon showed plenty of talent and desire when winning the 1 1/8-mile Plate Trial by a neck and the 1 1/4-mile Queens Plate by a head at Woodbine in his last two starts.
Now, Not Bourbon will be taking his show on the road as he continues his Canadian Triple Crown quest here in Sundays $500,000 Prince of Wales, the showpiece of the Fort Erie meeting.