ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Since Leah's Secret won the Anne Arundel Stakes on Nov. 25, 2006, at Laurel Park, she hasn't been able to find the winner's circle, but jockey Rene Douglas led her there late Saturday afternoon. Getting an ideal trip under Douglas, Leah's Secret pushed past Tequilas Dayjur in the final furlong and won the $150,000 Chicago Handicap by three-quarters of a length at windy Arlington Park.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Proud Spell's return to the races didn't quite go as planned Saturday at Belmont Park.

The Kentucky Oaks winner stumbled badly at the break then was disqualified from second and placed third in the four-horse field.

Meanwhile, the $250,000 Mother Goose could prove to be a coming-out party for Music Note, who overcame a stumble of her own to win the Grade 1 race by 3 1/2 lengths. Never Retreat, who finished third, was elevated to second over Proud Spell. Hamsa finished last.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The only one of the 10 fillies in the Debutante Stakes coming off a loss turned the tables on the entire field Saturday at Churchill Downs, where Garden District, getting a hurried but otherwise unobstructed trip under Robby Albarado, posted a gutsy victory as the favorite.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - My Princess Jess captured the Grade 3, $150,000 Boiling Springs Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf, giving jockey Joe Bravo a sweep of the Saturday stakes at Monmouth Park.

Bravo also won the $60,000 Spruce Fir Handicap with Open Skies.

My Princess Jess ($5.80) made her debut for trainer Barclay Tagg following a private purchase by the Lael Stables. She had won 2 of 5 coming into the race, most recently capturing an overnight stakes at Belmont Park on May 8.

After tying a track record with five wins Friday, what did trainer Kirk Ziadie do for an encore? How about upset the $36,000 Heckofaralph Stakes with Dukes Flying Tiger, who wore down 9-5 co-favorite Winnies Tigger Too to post a one-length triumph in the five-furlong turf dash.

Dukes Flying Tiger had never hit the board in three previous starts on grass prior to the Heckofaralph. The son of Tiger Ridge rallied from just off the early pace, overtook Winnies Tigger Too inside the sixteenth pole, and gradually edged clear. Magazine Lane was another head back in third.

Caught wide onto the first turn, and with his mount asking to do more, jockey Travis Dunkelberger basically said, "To heck with it." Dunkelberger let Populist swoop to the lead, making an early move to seize the lead at the head of the backstretch, and Populist handled the rest, going on to a 1 3/4-length win in the $61,550 St. Georges Stakes on Saturday at Delaware Park.

Six scratches, a solid pace in front of him, and 3-5 favorite Pleasant Strike still went down to another defeat, beaten a half-length by Frisky Thunder in the $60,000 Daniel Van Clief Stakes at Colonial Downs.

While Pleasant Strike now has lost eight straight races dating to his good win last summer in the Arlington Classic, Frisky Thunder is headed the other direction. A 4-year-old Thunder Rumble gelding trained by James Murphy for owner Braeburn Farm, Frisky Thunder has won three straight races at three different distances, ranging from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles.

Royal Oath, who was making just his second start in North America, wore down a stubborn Ice Bear to capture the $309,400 King Edward Gold Cup by a half-length over 1 1/8 miles of yielding going at Woodbine.

Ridden by Patrick Husbands and trained by Mark Casse, Royal Oath settled in sixth place and was behind horses early but moved up to engage Ice Bear about three-sixteenths of a mile out and prevailed while bumping with that rival through a long drive.

Ice Bear held for second, a half-length before third-place finisher Seaside Retreat, who also hails from the Casse barn.

Eternal Star edged Xchanger by a nose Saturday to win the $200,000 Donald Levine Memorial Handicap in a track-record performance at Philadelphia Park.

The time of 1:20.53 for the seven furlongs lowered the mark of 1:20.61 set by Flaming Bridle in 1999.

Eternal Star ($8.20), an emerging 4-year-old trained by Michael Trombetta and ridden by Julien Pimentel, earned his fourth win in his last five races. This was by far the biggest purse, and the deepest field, the colt had tackled.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Trainer Mike Chambers isn't quite sure what to expect when Lord Avalon takes on the top older stakes horses at Hastings in the Grade 3, $100,000 Lieutenant Governors on Tuesday.

Lord Avalon has won 3 of his 4 career starts, but all of his wins have been in conditional races; in the Lieutenant Governors, he'll be facing proven horses like multiple graded-stakes winner Spaghetti Mouse.