Big Booster won his second consecutive marathon stakes in Sunday's $104,900 Gallant Man Handicap at Hollywood Park, closing five lengths in the final three furlongs of the race over 1 5/8 miles.

Jockey Rafael Bejarano had Big Booster at the back of the field for the first 1 1/4 miles and guided the 7-year-old gelding wide through the stretch to run past his three rivals. Big Booster ($3) was timed in 2:44.48 and won by two lengths.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sunday's Plate Trial was a true trial for Not Bourbon, whose ability to handle the 1 1/8-mile distance was the subject of much speculation.

"The Trial had to tell me something," said Roger Attfield, who trains Not Bourbon and had elected to bypass the 1 1/16-mile Marine here May 17 after Not Bourbon romped in the seven-furlong Queenston two weeks earlier. "He'd never been two turns and a big effort in the Marine, plus a big effort in the Trial, would have been too much to get to the Plate."

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.

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.