Lemonlime bested 11 rivals to capture the $50,000 Minnesota HBPA Mile Stakes at Canterbury Park.
Lemonlime, the 5-2 favorite, defeated Inhonorofjohnnie by 1 1/4 lengths. Angel Smoke was third, missing second by a nose. Lemonlime ($7.60) completed the mile over firm turf in 1:37.56.
Beyond the Reach pulled away through the stretch to win the $70,000 Hawkeye Handicap at Prairie Meadows by two lengths, with Thekatcamehome nipping Camela Carson for second. Beyond the Reach ($10.60) covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.02.
In the $70,000 Cyclone Handicap, Red Hot and Gold ($3.40) took the lead midway through the turn and cruised to a 3 3/4-length win, covering 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.87.
Bonfante ($10.80) sat well off an early speed duel and pulled away from the dueling leaders to win his third straight Northern California stakes race, the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields.
Ridden by Frank Alvarado, Bonfante rallied three wide on the turn and stayed wide as he shifted into passing gear to go in front. Black Seventeen was second, 1 1/2 lengths behind Bonfante, who covered six furlongs in 1:09.57. Vicarino was another length farther back.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Two Step Salsa is a racehorse, not a machine. And on Monday morning, one day after the colt's impressive victory in the Grade 3 Affirmed Handicap, trainer Julio Canani said it is premature to add Two Step Salsa to a list of probable starters for the Grade 2, $350,000 Swaps Stakes for 3-year-olds on July 12.
"He ran hard, he didn't finish his feed [Sunday night], and he's been lying down all morning," Canani said. "He already has run three times here, and how many horses can do that? Look what happened to Big Brown."
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Mary Hartmann said she thought about scratching Presious Passion when the Battlefield Stakes came off the turf Sunday at Monmouth Park.
She opted to run in the slop, and the 5-year-old Presious Passion overcame trouble in the first turn to get second, 8 1/4 lengths behind Call My Bluff.
More importantly, Presious Passion got a needed prep before the biggest challenge of his career - Monmouth's Grade 1 United Nations Stakes on July 5.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Bobby Frankel has Ginger Punch's last two starts of the year figured out, it's the next one or two before then that literally will weigh heavy on the trainer's mind.
Ginger Punch, the defending champion older mare, cruised to a 7 3/4-length victory in last Saturday's Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap here under an impost of 123 pounds. With virtually all of the upcoming graded events in the division run as handicaps, Frankel is leery of running in races where she has to carry too much weight.
Nationhood ($6.40) confronted the pacesetting Westsideclyde after six furlongs in 1:10.60, forged to the front in the upper stretch, and drew off to score a 2 1/2-length victory in Sunday's $60,000 Budweiser Emerald Handicap at Emerald Downs.
Westsideclyde, the even-money choice, held second by a half-length over Jamaica Bound.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Call My Bluff sprung an upset Sunday in the $67,900 Battlefield Stakes that came off the turf before a Father's Day crowd of 23,058 at Monmouth Park.
Call My Bluff ($10), ridden by Pedro Cotto Jr. for trainer Derek Ryan, was the longest price in the four-horse field. He took command right from the start and rolled to an 8 1/4-length win over Presious Passion with I'm Only Laughing third.
The time was 1:50.83 for the 1 1/8 miles on the sloppy track.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - There were a couple of highly touted invaders in Sunday's $150,900 Victoria, as Dicey Riley shipped in for trainer Wesley Ward and Segal took up temporary residence in trainer Steve Asmussen's barn here.
But when the smoke had cleared, it was Southern Exchange, based at Woodbine with trainer Greg De Gannes, who won by daylight under jockey Jono Jones to run his record to 2 for 2.
Southern Exchange, a Florida-bred, is owned by Bill and Vicki Poston of Marietta, Ga.
Out Gamble ($5.40) ran his winning streak to five straight races while moving up to stakes company with a handy 3 1/2-length win over six others in Sunday's $15,000 President's Cup Stakes at Lincoln.
Out Gamble, trained by Mickey Washburn, benefited from the scratch of Bevys Best and had his own way with the pace of the six-furlong race. With Yuri Yaranga riding, Out Gamble was never challenged as the 8-5 favorite. He covered the distance in 1:12.40 over a fast track. First Class Brass rallied from near the back of the field to gain second.