A pair of 3-year-old fillies shipping in from out of state attracted the most betting money, but locally based Dulce Realidad dominated Tuesday's $75,000 Trevose Stakes at Philadelphia Park.
After dueling with the 2-1 second choice, Phantom Income, through a half-mile in 45.19 seconds, Dulce Realidad ($13.40) took command midway on the turn and drew clear to win the 6 1/2-furlong Trevose by four lengths under jockey Jose Flores.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Although two weeks of fair racing is scheduled there for Aug. 6-17, for most people, the Bay Meadows era ended Sunday with the final day of the spring meet.
Appropriately for jockey Russell Baze, who has won more races than any other rider at Bay Meadows - called Baze Meadows by some - what may have been his last ride at the track resulted in a victory, giving him 130 for the meeting and his 40th Bay Meadows riding championship.
Baze will be in England this summer during the Bay Meadows Fair, competing in an international jockey competition.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - On the Acorn, the surprise winner of Saturday's Grade 2 Jim Murray Memorial Handicap at Hollywood Park, may have earned a mini-vacation after his upset win.
Trainer Mike Mitchell is debating how often to run the 7-year-old gelding this summer. On Sunday, he was considering the $150,000 Sunset Handicap over 1o1/2 miles on turf on July 13, the final day of the current spring-summer meeting, or the $250,000 Del Mar Handicap over 1 3/8 miles on turf on Aug. 23.
Deputy's Whirl ($12.80) earned her second straight stakes win of the season with a 2 1/4 length victory in the $16,350 Princess Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Lincoln on Sunday afternoon.
With apprentice Chris Fackler aboard, Deputy's Whirl shook off a backstretch duel with Annadacious to draw clear in 1:16.40 for six furlongs over a track labeled good. Deputy's Whirl had previously given Fackler his first career stakes win at Fonner Park in the Special Stakes on April 19 for owner/trainer Bob Rising.
AUBURN, Wash. - Fear No Evil ($21) went to the front at the start and held on tenaciously to prevail by a head over Gallon in Sunay's $50,000 Auburn Stakes for 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs. The winner covered six furlongs in 1:09.60.
Margo's Gift, a slight favorite over Gallon in the wagering, finished another length back in third in the field of six.
Fear No Evil was ridden by Leslie Mawing for trainer Frank Lucarelli and owner Chris Randall. He earned $27,500 for his second win from six career starts.
Million Dollar Run won the first race of her career in the most unlikely spot - Sunday's $110,400 Railbird Stakes at Hollywood Park.
Making the second start of her career, Million Dollar Run ($31.40) ran seven furlongs in a brisk 1:20.66 under jockey Joel Rosario. The winning time just missed the track record of 1:20.50 set last December by Soul City Slew.
Owned by breeder Everest Stable and trained by Marcelo Polanco, Million Dollar Run stalked pacesetter Peisinoe through early fractions of 22.13 and 44.45 seconds before taking the lead in early stretch.
Wild Promises ($5.20) wore down rival Unspoken Word in the final strides to win Bay Meadows's closing day $57,220 Mother's Day Handicap on Sunday.
The two, who were separated by a head when Unspoken Word won the one-mile Hillsborough Handicap on March 29, ran one-two the whole way before Wild Promises got her head in front in the final 70 yards. She won the 1 1/16-mile turf race by a neck in 1:43.06. Greetings was five lengths farther back in third.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - With her late-running victory in Sunday's 6 1/2-furlong Hendrie at Woodbine, My List has now won both of her races this year in come-from-the-clouds style, including a score here in the six-furlong Whimsical on April 20.
Trailing the field turning for home in the Hendrie, My List came flying under rider Eurico Rosa da Silva and was along in time to score by a comfortable 1 1/2 lengths.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux continues to make all the right moves, waiting patiently to pull the trigger on Banrock ($21.40) before letting him rally through the lane to get up for a head victory over Dave in Sunday's $113,700 Kingston Handicap for New York-breds at Belmont Park.
ALBANY, Calif. - Golden Gate Fields general manager Robert Hartman views the track's 30-day meet that opens Wednesday with a sense of opportunity and responsibility for the Northern California racing industry, which will change dramatically next year if Bay Meadows closes as expected.
The Tapeta surface installed last summer and used for the first time last fall continues to win raves from horsemen, and, just as inventor Michael Dickinson suggests, seems to be getting better.