South Florida's wet weather may bother some people. But it's certainly no problem for trainer Javier Negrete or his speedy 3-year-old Finallymadeit.
For the third time this season, Finallymadeit benefited when a race was taken off the turf, drawing off impressively through the stretch to an easy 6 1/2-length decision over Bow Out in the $50,000 Hooting Star Stakes at Calder. The Hooting Star scratched down from eight to five starters after it was moved to the main track following several days of heavy rain.
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DRF Past Performances
Benefiting from a duel between the speedy Banjo Picker and Secretintelligence, Spooky Mulder stalked the pace and put in a persistent rally in late stretch, getting past Secretintelligence in the final strides for a head victory in the $55,000 Hockessin Stakes at Delaware Park.
Banjo Picker was third, another 2 3/4 lengths behind Secretintelligence, who had a four-race win streak snapped in the six-furlong stakes for 3-year-olds and up. Lucky Memento was the trailer in the scratch-reduced field of four.
The odds-on Dirge got the job done - barely - in his stakes debut in the $60,000 Alphabet Soup Handicap for Pennsylvania-breds at Philadelphia Park, catching Serene Harbor at the wire to win the 1 1/16-mile turf race by a head. Sonvida Red was third.
Ridden by Rajiv Maragh, Serene Harbor rated inside early and came through on the rail to take over from the pacesetting Sonvida Red coming off the turn. Serene Harbor drew clear in the stretch but didn't have enough left to hold off Dirge's determined late bid under jockey Eriluis Vaz.
STICKNEY, Ill. - Lookinforthesecret never even knew what hit him.
In a high-end turf-sprint allowance race Sept. 16 at Arlington, Lookinforthesecret was in the process of doing what he mostly has done since trainer Jamie Ness and owner Balkrisna Sukharan claimed him this past winter at Tampa Bay Downs - win. Lookinforthesecret, haltered for just $12,500, has seven victories in 2007, and deep in the stretch that mid-September day, win No. 8 seemed well within range until the classy grass horse Fort Prado let fly with a last-minute burst, beating Lookinforthesecret by a neck.
By the Light, a filly, stays unbeaten with a win over males in the New York Breeders' Futurity at Finger Lakes.P
That's victory, with a V.
Shipping east from Southern California for trainer Mike Mitchell, Sindy With an S ran down pacesetting Ticket to Seattle and drew clear to become a graded stakes winner in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Safely Kept Breeders' Cup at Laurel Park.
Change Up, making the second start of her comeback from a knee chip for trainer Steve Margolis, was third in the field of seven 3-year-old fillies, 1 3/4 lengths behind the runner-up.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Nobiz Like Shobiz continues to find everything about the turf appealing.
Winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial on dirt in the spring, Nobiz Like Shobiz made it 3 for 3 on the grass with arguably his most impressive performance to date, a four-length victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park. Red Giant finished second, a head in front of Pays to Dream.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Over a Polytrack surface at Keeneland that is generally favorable to closers, Wicked Style bucked the track profile Saturday, dominating the $560,000 Grade 1 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity from start to finish.
Breaking alertly from his outside post, Wicked Style shot immediately to the lead under Robby Albarado and enjoyed a soft pace following an injury to Gold Train, one of his 11 opponents.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The East Coast's juvenile division was turned upside down Saturday at Belmont Park as War Pass galloped to a 1 1/2-length gate-to-wire victory in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes while race favorites Majestic Warrior and Ready's Image finished sixth and last, respectively.