HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Benny the Bull won Saturday's $300,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint Handicap at Gulfstream Park and at the same time may have lost his reputation as a one-dimensional horse who is at his best when rallying from far off the pace.

NEW ORLEANS - With the nominations closing and the Risen Star looming, Steve Asmussen remains inclined to follow through with his original intention of running Pyro in the Grade 3 race.

Pyro has been slow to come around following his vacation after finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, though he turned in a reasonable work Thursday, going five furlongs in 1:00.60.

"He's in the vicinity and he's likely to go in the Risen Star," Asmussen said. "He picked it up nicely this week, and he has a couple of works before the race."

Power by Leigh pressed odds-on favorite Banjo Picker coming out of the gate, and that was about the only test the favorite faced en route to winning the $75,000 Le Grande Pos Handicap for Pennsylvania-breds by 3 1/2 lengths.

Banjo Picker shook off Power by Lee with a quick 21.75-second first quarter and opened a 2 1/2-length lead at the half in 44.42. His time for the 5 1/2 furlongs was a quick 1:04.21, and he paid $3.20.

Power by Leigh, the 7-2 third choice in the betting, held second by 2 3/4 lengths over second-choice Geefour in the field of five.

One blowout victory led to another for Wild Hoots, who shot to the lead out of the chute and ran eight rivals off their feet, winning the the $62,800 Nellie Morse for fillies and mares by a widening 4 1/2 lengths.

Fresh off a 14-length win in a $38,000 first-level allowance race at Philadelphia Park on Dec. 28, Wild Hoots was bet down from 4-1 on the morning line to 6-5, despite being the only 4-year-old in a field older runners.

Wild Hoots ran the mile in 1:38.50 and paid $4.40.

Trail This stamped himself the top sprinter on the grounds and the horse to beat in next month's Phoenix Gold Cup with an impressive victory in Saturday's $50,000 G Malleah Handicap at Turf Paradise.

Owned and trained by Robert Score, Trail This stalked the pace from his outside slot in the six-furlong event, pounced on the leaders into the lane, and drew off to win easily by three lengths under Ry Eikleberry as the even-money favorite. Ducky Drake, the second choice in the field of seven, rallied from last to finish second, well clear of Highland Games in third.

Autobahn Girl proved her last, bad race was a fluke, not the beginning of a trend with a come-from-behind victory in the Marie G Krantz Memorial Handicap.

Racing through the slop, under a patient ride by jockey Patrick Husbands, Autobahn Girl prevailed by a neck over Candy Ball, paying $7.20 to win as the second choice.

Husbands kept her sixth of seven runners for most of the going before angling her out in the stretch to get up at the wire. She finished the 1 1/16-mile race, moved from the turf to the dirt, in 1:47.81.

Kadira was placed first in the $50,000 Dixie Belle Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday after Rated Fiesty, who crossed the wire first, was disqualified for impeding a rival in the stretch and placed third.

Palanka City, whose rider Chris Emigh claimed foul against Rated Fiesty and jockey Luis Quinonez, was moved from third to second. There was also a stewards' inquiry into the stretch run.

And the last shall be first. It took Lord Snowdon a while to shake off the cobwebs after a two-month layoff, but the hard-knocking sprinter saved ground on the turn under chilly handling from Ramon Dominguez and unleashed a strong late run to win the 100th running of the $81,600 Paumonok Handicap at Aqueduct on Saturday.

Lord Snowdon was last in the field of seven, 10 lengths behind pacesetter Man of Danger, after a first quarter-mile in 22.45 seconds, but edged closer while hugging the rail on the turn to get within six lengths of the lead after a half-mile in 45.25 seconds.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Quite a Bride does not have as flashy a career record as Nashoba's Key, but she did get the better of the 2007 Eclipse Award finalist in Saturday's $500,000 Sunshine Million Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - A week after having a scheduled work canceled due to a minor case of colic, Eclipse Award winner War Pass got back on track breezing a half-mile in 48.61 seconds at Palm Meadows on Saturday.

Looking like a picture of health, War Pass came out on the track shortly after dawn under regular exercise rider Maxine Correa.

"What a difference a week makes," enthused trainer Nick Zito as War Pass stood in front of the clockers stand before breaking off to work. "Look at him. He's cut like a chisel. He is a great athlete."