OCEANPORT, N.J. - A picture-perfect day with remarkably low humidity for summertime on the Jersey Shore, the traditional cap giveaway, and the lure of Big Brown in the Haskell Invitational produced a stellar Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park.

Haskell Day attracted 45,132 fans, the best turnout in four years for the meet's premier event.

The total handle was a record $17,642,954, the highest for a non-Breeders' Cup card at Monmouth. It blew away the old mark of $14.1 million on last year's Haskell Day.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Earlier this year, Yankee Bravo did just enough to keep him on track for the Triple Crown races. After beginning his career on turf, he made a successful switch to dirt and synthetic surfaces, with a win in the California Derby at Golden Gate, a third-place finish in the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, and a fourth in the Santa Anita Derby.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - While last Friday's Arlington Million pre-entry deadline has long since come and gone, the composition of the field for Saturday's Million remained - to a somewhat surprising degree - in flux as of Monday.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Mark Hennig was getting a little nervous as he watched a series of slow fractions posted on the tote board while Wesley was still "looking at all of them" after the opening six furlongs of Monday's National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga.

Not to worry.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Debbie England and jockey Richard Dos Ramos go back a long way, with their stakes history dating to 1989, when Diva's Debut gave the trainer her first stakes victory at the Meadowlands.

England and owner/breeder Gustav Schickedanz have only a very recent association, with their only runner being Marlang.

Robo Willie, favored at 3-4, was a dominant 3 3/4-length winner of the $50,000 Birdcatcher, a 6 1/2-furlong race for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Northlands Park.

Ridden by Rickey Walcott and trained by Greg Tracy, who also teamed up to win Friday's $50,000 Bird of Pay for 2-year-old fillies with Dandy Dora, Robo Willie ($3.50) was recording his second straight stakes win after taking the six-furlong Edmonton Juvenile.

Quiet Approach finished second in the Birdcatcher, with Pure First another 1 1/4 lengths back in third in the field of eight.

Fear No Evil took the lead at the start and never yielded, winning the $69,000 Seattle Slew Handicap at Emerald Downs by a length over a fast-finishing Reel Prime. Anotation, who prompted the early pace, held third over the favored Gallon in a field of six 3-year-olds.

Clare's Top Choice ($15) went from maiden to stakes winner on Sunday, making an overpowering move on the turn to win the $65,650 Cavonnier Juvenile Stakes at the Sonoma County Fair.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Curlin worked five furlongs in 1:02.69 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga early Monday morning.

While his connections ponder their options for Curlin’s next start, the reigning Horse of the Year continues to train forwardly.  As is customary, Curlin went off at an easy pace, covering his opening quarter-mile and three furlongs in 25.76 seconds and 38.06. He came home his final quarter in 24.63 and galloped out six furlongs in 1:16.29. Curlin was under little pressure throughout the drill.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - It lacked the brilliance that Big Brown displayed in all but one of his previous six races. But his victory in Sunday’s $1 million Haskell Invitational showed a side of Big Brown that even his connections didn't know the colt had.