LEXINGTON, Ky. - Returning to the scene of her greatest victory, Vacare wore down a stubborn Precious Kitten after getting a cagey ride from Corey Nakatani when capturing the 10th running of the Grade 2, $432,000 First Lady on Saturday at Keeneland.
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ELMONT, N.Y. - The work trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Garrett Gomez did in the morning to get Indian Blessing to relax paid off handsomely Saturday afternoon as Indian Blessing rolled to a 4 1/2-length victory in the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park.
Backseat Rhythm finished second, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Sunday Holiday.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Flip Flop and Dreams, both of whom have found graded stakes company a bit too steep, will take a slight class drop Monday in hopes of returning to the winner's circle in the restricted Swingtime Stakes at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.
Flip Flop is winless in eighth starts, all in graded stakes races, since winning a money-allowance race at Del Mar in July 2005. This will be her first start since April, when she finished eighth of 10 in the Wilshire Handicap at Hollywood Park.
MIAMI - With rain in the forecast over the weekend, Friday became the major work day for next Saturday's $1.6 million Festival of the Sun program.
Most notable among the Festival workers who breezed over a fast track after the renovation break Friday were Wise Answer and Silk Ridge, the likely favorites for the $400,000 In Reality and My Dear Girl divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes.
A snap decision by jockey Chris Landeros paid off as he guided Organ Pipe to victory in Friday's opening-day feature at Turf Paradise, the $45,000 Walter R. Cluer Memorial.
Owned by Dennis Weir and trained by Dan McFarlane, the 3-year-old bided his time on the rail well back in eighth in the field of 10 going 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf, saw his way blocked along the inside into the lane but swung out, found room, and blasted home to get the win by a length.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Diamond Stripes won the Grade 2, $500,000 Meadowlands Cup on Friday night with a little help from a friend.
Uncoupled stablemate Mr. Umphrey played the role of rabbit in the 1 1/8 miles race, opening a wide lead on the speed-favoring track at 71-1.
"I thought he was a winner turning for home," said his trainer, Richard Dutrow Jr.
When Mr. Umphrey started to fade, the real running began with Diamond Stripes ($4.20) digging in to hold off Magna Graduate by a half-length with the late-running Xchanger only a nose back in third.
Tessa Blue acted up a bit while being loaded for the $400,000 Indiana Oaks, but proved to be all business once the gates sprung as she thoroughly dominated her nine rivals with a 7 1/4-length romp in the Grade 3 feature Friday night at Hoosier Park.
Breaking from the outside post, Tessa Blue stalked pacesetting Appealing Zophie three wide while racing well off the rail, assumed the lead from that rival approaching the far turn, and was never challenged thereafter while under a steady drive by jockey Mike Smith.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Apparently there's something about the Darley Alcibiades Stakes and Polytrack and maidens.
On the day that Keeneland first unveiled its Polytrack surface last fall, a filly named Bel Air Beauty posted her first career victory in the Alcibiades. And when the 2007 fall meet began Friday amid unseasonably hot weather, another filly lacking a previous victory won the Grade 1 race.