HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Sugar Swirl left little doubt she's the queen of the local filly and mare sprint division after cruising to an 8 3/4-length victory over Change Up and four other overmatched rivals in Sunday's Grade 2, $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Handicap at Gulfstream Park.
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OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Ready for Fortune overcame a bumping incident at the break to register a neck victory over Armonk in Sunday's $82,775 Dearly Precious Stakes at Aqueduct. It was 4 1/4 lengths back to True Intentions, a stablemate of the winner, in third.
Mario Pino guided Ready for Fortune to victory, the jockey's 6,032nd career win, tying him for 14th-place all-time with Hall of Famer Johnny Longden.
Eight Belles indicated her intent to be a force in the 3-year-old filly division this year when she cruised to a 13 1/2-length win in the second division of the $50,000 Martha Washington Stakes on Sunday at Oaklawn Park. It was the second straight blowout win for Eight Belles, who came into the race off a 15-length allowance win at Fair Grounds.
"This filly is serious, and I'm glad to see her duplicate it two races in a row," said Larry Jones, who trains Eight Belles for Rick Porter.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Cheroot led for one stride of Sunday's $98,650 Daytona Handicap at Santa Anita - the last.
Ridden by Martin Pedroza, Cheroot finished a nose in front of Moth Ball, scoring his first stakes win in more than 14 months.
Cheroot ($58.80) rallied from sixth. He was one of five horses within a length at the finish of the race over about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course. Cheroot was timed in 1:12.82, and was the third-longest shot in a field of 12.
The 3-year-old filly division at Sunland Park is apparently completely dominated by trainer Henry Dominguez. A few weeks after sweeping the top three spots in the El Paso Times Handicap, his R Charlie's Angel and Snake Proof dominated the proceedings in Sunday's $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes.
OLDSMAR, Fla. - War Pass has yet to make his first start of the year, and neither has Anak Nakal. But that doesn't mean their trainer, Nick Zito, is on vacation. Zito's poker hand among his 3-year-olds grew stronger here at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, when Fierce Wind scored a determined victory in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes.
ARCADIA, Calif. - By the narrowest of noses, there is a two-day pick six carryover of $420,093 at Santa Anita on Sunday.
When Turbo Fan edged Turkish Victory in Saturday's 10th race, it marked the sixth consecutive race in which the favorite was beaten during Saturday's pick six sequence
Sunday's pick six covers the fifth through 10th races on a program that begins at 12:30 p.m.
The pick six includes three turf races, two of which are sprints on the hillside turf course, and three sprints on the main track, two of which are for maiden claimers.
Jorge Ciscerno, a 29-year-old exercise rider, was killed in a one-car accident in Hot Springs, Ark., on Saturday morning, according to Oaklawn Park's chaplain, T.C. Megahan. Services are scheduled for Tuesday at a chapel on the Oaklawn backstretch.
Ciscerno, who galloped horses at Oaklawn for trainer Kelly Von Hemel, lost control of his vehicle in the early morning hours of a wet Saturday and was killed instantly.
The Arkansas Racing Commission on Saturday unanimously upheld the Oaklawn Park board of stewards' decision to disqualify Rated Fiesty from first to third in the $50,000 Dixie Belle Stakes on Jan. 26. The board also upheld a three-day suspension that stewards issued to jockey Luis Quinonez, who rode Rated Fiesty.
Larry Honeycutt, an attorney representing Bill Heiligbrodt, the owner of Rated Fiesty, said the action would probably be appealed in Garland County Circuit Court in Hot Springs, Ark.