OZONE PARK, N.Y. - War Pass rebounded from his last-place finish in the Tampa Bay Derby, but Tale of Ekati did him just a little better, catching War Pass with about 20 yards to go to win Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct by a half-length.

War Pass, who was pressed through the opening half-mile by Inner Light - acting as a rabbit for stablemate Court Vision - held second by 1 1/4 lengths over Court Vision. It was a neck back to Giant Moon, who was followed in the order of finish by Anak Nakal, Spurrier, Roman Emperor, Texas Wildcatter, and Inner Light.

STICKNEY, Ill. – The last several months have not been the smoothest for jockey E. T. Baird. After a big summer at Arlington, Baird and major owner Frank Calabrese went separate ways, and Baird abandoned his new winter base at Fair Grounds after a week. He then showed up at Gulfstream the first week in February - but none of this has changed the essence of Baird. The man has made his reputation deftly guiding horses onto the lead at Chicago tracks - which is exactly what he did in engineering Recapturetheglory's upset victory Saturday in the Illinois Derby here at Hawthorne.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Little Belle fought back after being headed to pull a 16-1 upset Saturday over Bsharpsonata in the 71st running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland.

While Proud Spell, the 9-5 second choice, mustered a mild rally to finish third, Country Star was never a serious factor when finishing fifth as the even-money favorite.

The Nick Gonzalez-trained duo of Shilla and Executrix ran one-two Saturday in the $95,800 La Voyageuse Stakes, the opening-day feature of the 167-day Woodbine meeting.

Shilla stalked the pace on the outside under David Clark, as Kid Sparkle set the opening fraction of 22.02 seconds in the five-furlong dash. Shilla hit the front nearing the eighth pole and drew away for a 2 1/4-length score in 57.55 on Polytrack.

Kid Sparkle tired to third. The favored entry of Dawn Raid and Spin Move finished fifth and sixth in the seven-horse field of fillies and mares.

Making her second start since double knee surgery a little less than a year ago, Hungarian Boatbaby rallied from third on the turn to win the $63,400 Primonetta at Laurel going away.

Ridden by Abel Castellano, Hungarian Boatbaby sat fourth in the field of seven as What Time Is It set a fast pace of 21.99 seconds for a quarter-mile and 45.50 for the half in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares.

Hungarian Boatbaby ran down What Time Is It by midstretch, and hit the wire 2 1/4 lengths in front.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - Soldier's Dancer ($4.60) wore down a stubborn Silver Tree through the final furlong for a 1 1/4-length victory in the Turf Classic, one of six $85,000 stakes for Florida-breds at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday.

Ridden by Daniel Centeno, Soldier's Dancer lagged back in last through the opening five furlongs of the 1 1/8-mile grass race. Soldier's Dancer moved up quickly along the outside through the final turn while Silver Tree was moving to the front.

STICKNEY, Ill. – Greg Geier wintered at Tampa Bay Downs last year. Nothing against Tampa Bay, which has admirably served any number of horsemen, but Geier is a Fair Grounds guy from a time even farther back than his long spell as the main Fair Grounds assistant to the late trainer Gene Cilio. Back in New Orleans again this winter, Geier won six races with a 15-horse stable, and now is reaping the benefits of spending several months on the lauded Fair Grounds main track.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Kohana, who has won both his starts, will get a class check Saturday when he ships to Oaklawn Park to make his stakes debut in the $1 million Arkansas Derby.

Kohana, a son of Indian Charlie owned by West Point Stables, won his maiden by 1 1/2 lengths launching his career going seven furlongs on Feb. 1, then stretched out to a mile to capture an entry-level allowance by 1 3/4 lengths seven weeks later.

Kohana had his final tune-up for the Grade 2 Arkansas Derby when he breezed five furlongs in 1:02 at Palm Meadows on Saturday.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup Handicap, the oldest and most prestigious stakes at Penn National Race Course, once again will be worth six figures as the track doubled the purse to $100,000.

The 36th running of the Governor’s Cup, scheduled for Friday night, Aug. 1, highlights a list of 13 stakes for 2008 released by Penn National on Friday.

The Governor’s Cup has been worth $50,000 since 2002, the same year the distance of the turf race was switched from 1 1/16 miles to five furlongs.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The race for the training title at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting may go down to the end of the meeting on April 20. None of the three leading contenders - Mike Mitchell, John Sadler, and Doug O'Neill - is ready to predict the result.

Through Friday, Mitchell led all trainers with 25 winners, two more than Sadler and O'Neill. Bobby Frankel was fourth with 21 wins.

Mitchell admits his two-win lead is tenuous, and that whether he wins the title depends on what races are used in the final weeks of the meeting.