Mr. Nightlinger registered a 21-1 upset Sunday in the Grade 3, $125,000 Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland, leading virtually all the way and turning back favored Smart Enough by 1 3/4 lengths in the 5 1/2-furlong turf race.

With Jamie Theriot riding for trainer Bret Calhoun, Mr. Nightlinger returned $45.80 after finishing in 1:03.84 over a good course. A 4-year-old Indian Charlie colt, Mr. Nightlinger is now a winner in 5 of 14 career starts. He is owned by Martin Racing Stable and Carl R. Moore Management.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. -When Queen of Protocol ($18.40) upset odds-on favorite Pastel Gal in Sunday's ninth race at Aqueduct, that assured a two-card pick-six carryover of $205,953 heading into Wednesday.

Queen of Protocol was one of three double-digit winners in a sequence that had only one winning favorite. There were 50 consolation tickets (5 of 6), which returned $1,014 each.

The pick-six sequence on Wednesday is on races 4 thru 9 and includes three turf races. The weather forecast calls for sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s, so conditions should be fast and firm.

ARCADIA, Calif.-There is a pick six carryover of $176,150 at Santa Anita on Monday after a series of longshots scored wins on Sunday.

Monday's pick six covers the third through eighth races on a program that begins at 1 p.m. Pacific.

The pick six races start with a starter allowance on the hillside turf course that has 11 starters, the second largest field in the pick six.

The next four races, the fourth through seventh races, are allowance races or optional claiming races. The fourth race, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, is led by Crown of Ddiamonds.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Tiz West made the successful transition from maiden race winner to stakes winner in Saturday's $109,900 La Puente Stakes at Santa Anita, remaining unbeaten on turf after two starts.

Making his fifth career start, and first against winners, Tiz West ($9.60) ran a mile on turf in 1:34.38, holding off a late run from Afleet Ruler to win the race for 3-year-olds by three-quarters of a length. Ez Dreamer finished third in the field of eight.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Gayego put himself in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby by holding Z Fortune at bay to win the Grade 2, $1 million Arkansas Derby on Saturday. He won by three-quarters of a length before an ontrack crowd of 56,326, on closing day of the Oaklawn Park season.

Tres Borrachos finished third, four lengths behind runner-up Z Fortune.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Hey Byrn improved his chances of making the Kentucky Derby with a popular 2 1/4-length win over Dream Maestro in Saturday's $150,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

"We did what we needed to do," trainer Eddie Plesa said. "Now we sit still and see what happens."

Hey Byrn increased his graded earnings to $140,000 with his victory in the Grade 3 Holy Bull, which figures to put him near the cut-off point for the 20th and final spot in this year's Derby lineup.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Assuming Polytrack results mean something toward the Kentucky Derby, Todd Pletcher is back in business. Normally a huge factor on the Triple Crown trail, Pletcher had been a non-factor this spring as things took shape for the May 3 Derby.

Until Saturday. Pletcher sent out the one-two finishers in the 84th running of the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes over Polytrack at Keeneland when Monba, ridden by Edgar Prado, edged past stablemate Cowboy Cal in the final yards to prevail by a neck, while heavily favored Pyro never threatened when finishing 10th of 12 3-year-olds.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The connections of Sherine had several stakes options from which to choose for their New York-bred 3-year-old filly this weekend. In the end, they chose the most challenging and, as it turned out, the most rewarding.

Last as the favorite in the listed Dearly Precious Stakes in February, Sherine rebounded as the longest shot in the field to win Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Comely Stakes at Aqueduct.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Rutherienne was one of the best 3-year-old turf fillies of 2007 but had never been tried outside her division. Thrown to the older wolves Saturday when making her 4-year-old debut, the Pulpit filly responded with a spectacular effort, driving through a narrow opening in deep stretch to register a neck victory over longshot Stormy West in a hotly contested 20th running of the Grade 2 Jenny Wiley Stakes on the Blue Grass Stakes undercard at Keeneland.

Trainer Art Sherman was fined $7,500 and began a 10-day suspension Saturday in a stipulated agreement with the California Horse Racing Board for a pair of carbon dioxide violations.

Brahma Bull, second in the fourth race at Bay Meadows on Dec. 2, 2006, and Hatif, second in the 10th race at Golden Gate Fields on June 10, 2007, both exceeded the permitted carbon dioxide level of 37.0 millimoles per liter of blood, with Brahma Bull recording 37.9 millimoles and Hatif 40.1.