Budj ended a five-race losing streak in a division of the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors trials on Saturday at Los Alamitos, earning the last available berth to the $1 million Champion of Champions on Dec. 15.

Budj ran 400 yards in 19.45 seconds, the fastest winning time from Saturday’s three trials. Only the winner of the fastest trial earned a berth to the 440-yard Champion of Champions, joining the winners of nine major stakes earlier this year that had already qualified.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Eight is enough, enough for Bobby Frankel to pass the late Charlie Whittingham as the winningest trainer in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes. Frankel reached the top spot on Sunday, when Precious Kitten held safe favored Wait a While to capture the $500,000 Matriarch at Hollywood Park and avenge a disastrous trip in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

INGLEWOOD, Calif.-Daytona proved dangerous when he was allowed to lead throughout the Grade 2 Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita last month. Jockey Mike Smith used the same tactics in Sunday’s $500,000 Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park with a similar lethal effect.

Allowed to set a moderate pace, Daytona pulled clear of his rivals on the final turn and held off a late run from Medici Code to score a mild upset in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby.

ALBANY, Calif. – Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer saddled five winners on Saturday’s Golden Gate Fields card, tying the track record for wins by a trainer in a single day.

Hollendorfer’s winners were Britney Heat ($4.80) in the first, Powerful Summer ($3.60) in the second, Nsync Lynx ($38.60) in the third, Very Persuasive ($11.40) in the seventh and TJ’s Dixie ($9.80) in the eighth. His odds-on Wild Miss RN took the lead in the stretch in the fourth race but was caught and beaten three-quarters of a length by longshot Lunar Mystery.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Sea Chanter won her second turf stakes of the fall in Saturday's $113,200 Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park, and that surface has defined her career - so far.

After the race, trainer Todd Pletcher said that Sea Chanter will be considered for the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes over the synthetic main track on Dec. 21.

"She trains well on the dirt," Pletcher said. "I'm not convinced she has to run on turf."

At the least, Pletcher and owner-breeders Robert and Janice McNair know that Sea Chanter is outstanding on turf.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - For the second straight year, a late-developing 3-year-old gave an electric performance in the Cigar Mile to give racing fans something to look forward to next year.

Using his brilliant speed, Daaher took over from Xchanger soon after the start and ran away from heavily favored Midnight Lute in the stretch to capture the Grade 1, $350,000 Cigar Mile by 2 1/2 lengths before a crowd of 4,712 at Aqueduct. Midnight Lute, the 1-2 favorite, finished second by 4 1/4 lengths over Naughty New Yorker. Xchanger and Sir Greeley completed the order of finish.

LAUREL, Md. - Based on her first four races, Bsharpsonata seemed far better on dirt than turf. Now, she seems equally adept on both surfaces.

Bsharpsonata, a daughter of Pulpit who won her two-turn stakes debut on dirt two months ago but surrendered a clear lead in her first start on grass, proved she can handle the turf Saturday when she drew off by 1 1/4 lengths in the $100,000 Selima Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Laurel Park.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Court Vision showed he has as much courage as talent and will enter 2008 as one of the leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby.

Court Vision overcame traffic trouble, a bumping incident in the stretch, and a claim of foul to record a neck victory over an unlucky Atoned in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct. It was 4 1/4 lengths back to Trust N Dustan, who bumped with Court Vision in the stretch.

Poni Colada became a stakes winner with a three-length win over stablemate Star Defender in the $67,110 Eddy County at Zia Park, where there was snow on the ground. Rapper S S, the 4-5 favorite in the one-mile race for 2-year-olds, finished third after setting the pace.

LAUREL, Md. - Officially, Saturday was the Fall Festival of Racing at Laurel Park. It turned out, however, to be Edgar Prado Day.

Returning to Maryland, where he established himself as a top-notch jockey before moving to New York in 1999, Prado rode four winners on the 10-race card, highlighted by a 1 1/4-length score aboard stretch-runner Benny the Bull in the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash.

Prado, who some 30 minutes earlier captured the $105,000 Laurel Futurity with Cowboy Cal, was