Apple Special won the $50,000 Maryland Juvenile Championship at Laurel Park. The one-mile race on the "good" main track was restricted to Maryland-breds.

Under jockey Oliver Castillo, Apple Special tracked dueling pacesetters to the far turn, circled widest around the turn, challenged Malibu Kid heading down the lane, and galloped away to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Malibu Kid took second and Regal Solo rallied to finish third. Smooth It Over, the 3-1 favorite, finished fifth.

Apple Special, trained by Jerry Robb, completed the distance in 1:39.20 and paid $15.20.

Taking the lead at the break, Honey Honey Honey turned back several bids while setting the pace and then was able to hold off several rivals on the way to a nose upset in the Inaugural Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Tampa Bay Downs.

Under a strong ride by Jose Lopez, Honey Honey Honey returned a whopping $79.40 despite having raced with solid stakes company at Calder most of the season. He covered the six furlongs in 1:11.85.

Cozy Time ($40.60) rallied to upset Friday's Lookout at Delta Downs.P

A string of longshots, headed by 15-1 winner Swingit, triggered a $2 superfecta payoff of $78,377 at the conclusion of the $60,000 Furl Sail Handicap at Fair Grounds on Saturday.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, whose license was revoked by the California Horse Racing Board on Friday after a recent charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, should retire and not attempt another comeback, according to his agent, Tom Knust.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - With Aqueduct's muddy inner track favoring speed and knowing he was aboard a fighter, jockey Mike Luzzi made sure to put City Attraction into Saturday's Grade 3 Gravesend from the outset.

City Attraction did indeed fight, as he put away Debussy inside the eighth pole then held off Joey P. late to win the $107,100 Gravesend by three-quarters of a length to earn his first stakes victory. Joey P., the slight favorite among a trio of 2-1 shots, finished second by a half-length over Debussy. Gold and Roses finished fourth while Pavo was last. P. Kerney scratched.

Eat Pie, one might say, ended up with egg all over her face in her first U.S. start. Shipped from overseas to race in the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Lassie at Arlington Park Sept. 8, she stalked the pace for six furlongs before stopping over the final quarter-mile, finishing 10th, beaten over 29 lengths in the mile race.

Monday, when she races in Turfway Park’s featured ninth race, a $24,000 first-level allowance going 5?1/2 furlongs, she appears poised for a much better performance.

Jockey Patrick Valenzuela had his conditional license revoked by the California Horse Racing Board on Friday after a recent arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol. The California Horse Racing Board issued a one-page statement on Friday, stating that Valenzuela’s consumption of alcohol had violated the terms of his conditional license, which was scheduled to run through 2008.

Valenzuela, 45, was arrested on a charge of DUI in Upland, Calif, approximately 20 miles east of Santa Anita, on Dec. 20, according to Sgt. Greg Signorio of the Upland police department.

NEW ORLEANS - These next few races will determine whether Total is a career gal or a young mother. Coming back off a six-month layoff, she will be tested in Sunday's feature race, a six-furlong optional $50,000 claimer.

Total, 3, hasn't raced since May, but her problems weren't physical, according to trainer Al Stall.

"She got burned out going around two turns," said Stall. "The problems were mental. We couldn't find anything wrong with her."

MIAMI - Trainer Marty Wolfson has a powerful arsenal under his shed, including an ever-growing number of horses for owner Edmund Gann. That group includes Eclisse, a French-bred 3-year-old filly who will make her local debut in Sunday's $50,000 Lemhi Go Stakes.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Horsemen had mixed reactions to the news that the New York Racing Association is likely to be granted a three-week extension of its franchise, seemingly averting a shutdown of racing come Tuesday.

While naturally happy that racing would continue, horsemen remained frustrated over the fact that a long-term deal has not yet been reached, thus still creating an uncertain future come Jan. 24.