ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Ginger Brew, winner of the Calder Oaks at 1 1/8 miles on turf in her last start on April 26, could have up to 10 rivals in Saturday’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.

Ginger Brew, who will be favored for the 1 1/8-mile Oaks, breezed a sharp six furlongs in 1:12.60 here last Saturday.

“She’s always been a good work horse, and with racing she’s gotten a little better,” said Brian Lynch, who trains Ginger Brew for Stronach Stable. “It was a solid work.”

By MARTY McGEE

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Curlin, the 2007 Horse of the Year, took another major step toward his next race, the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap, when he drilled seven furlongs early Monday in 1:24.74 over a fast track at Churchill Downs.

INGLEWOOD, Calif.-At the age of 5, with a million-dollar race to his credit earlier this year, Heatseeker is finding new ways to win.

In Saturday's $250,000 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park, Heatseeker led or disputed the pace throughout 1 1/8 miles, and easily beat three rivals, including the multiple stakes winners Tiago and Surf Cat. Albertus Maximus, who was expected to lead early, never reached the front and finished last in the four-horse field.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Five races into her career, Zenyatta has yet to be challenged.

Saturday at Hollywood Park, Zenyatta won the $183,300 Milady Handicap, drawing off late to win the Grade 2 race by 2 1/2 lengths.

Ridden by Mike Smith, Zenyatta ($2.60) was timed in 1:41.17 for 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track, remaining unbeaten after five starts for owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs. By Street Cry, Zenyatta, 4, has earned $554,580.

CINCINNATI – Type A Personality, under Julio Felix, won the $50,000 Green Carpet at River Downs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After contesting blazing early fractions, Indian Chant gamely held off a sustained run from Noonmark to post a head victory in the Grade 3 Aristides Stakes, the last of three stakes run Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Indian Chant, ridden by Jamie Theriot, battled with Esperamos through splits of 21.10 and 43.78 seconds, drawing clear at the quarter pole. Then Noonmark, who had the best stalking trip, moved to challenge from the outside, and approaching the sixteenth pole he appeared to have Indian Chant collared. But Indian Chant dug in to narrowly prevail.

Septuagenarian trainer Bennie Stutts has been saying for weeks how much it meant to him to just have his first-ever starter in the Kentucky Derby. Yes, Smooth Air finished 11th in the race, but Stutts has been around the racetrack forever, training few horses to be mentioned in the same breath with "Kentucky Derby."

But it turns out Smooth Air's run in the first leg of the Triple Crown had a more pedestrian purpose: It set him up perfectly to win the Ohio Derby on Saturday at Thistledown.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Raw Silk was the least accomplished of the seven 3-year-old fillies entered in Saturday's Grade 2 Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park. But she was also the one filly with the most early speed.

Hartigan, part of a heavily favored entry with Inventive, dueled with Clara's Song around the final turn and stormed away to win the $60,000 Pearl Necklace Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico by 4 1/4 lengths. Clara's Song held second and Inventive was another 1 1/4 lengths back in third.

The field for the 1 1/16-mile race, which was moved from turf to a sealed muddy track, was reduced to five after three horses scratched.

Indy Joe pulled clear in the upper stretch to claim his first stakes victory in the $70,000 Rumson Stakes for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park.

Indy Joe, who was 1 1/2 lengths fourth to Lantana Mob in Grade 3 Hirsch Jacobs on the Preakness undercard in his last start, took over the lead on the outside after Time Tells All ran the first quarter in 21.46 over a sealed muddy track. Indy Joe, with Joe Bravo riding, led through final fractions of 44.21 and 56.47, completing the six furlongs in 1:09.47.