ELMONT, N.Y. - Trippi's Storm and After Market both showed that shorter may be better as they finished a close one-two in Saturday's $250,00 Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap at Belmont Park, likely earning themselves spots in the Breeders' Cup Mile on Oct. 27 at Monmouth Park.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin thought he lost his best chance to have a runner in this year's Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf when Makderah suffered a cracked hind pastern in early September.

But her owner, Sheikh Hamdan al-Maktoum, always thought Lahudood was the better of the two 4-year-old fillies that he sent McLaughlin earlier this year.

FLORENCE, Ky. - The line of thinking that grass specialists tend to fare well on Polytrack proved correct in emphatic fashion when Danzon cruised to a five-length triumph in the Grade 3, $160,000 Kentucky Cup Distaff, the richest of the four supporting stakes on the 14th annual Kentucky Cup card Saturday at Turfway Park.

With Julien Leparoux riding for trainer Patrick Biancone, Danzon lagged early before angling out for the drive, and after collaring Delicate Dynamite approaching the eighth pole, the 4-year-old Royal Academy filly glided away to an easy score.

Officer Cherrie ($4.10) wore down a stubborn Victory Romance in the stretch en route to a one-length score in the $247,000 Mazarine Breeders' Cup Stakes at Woodbine.

Officer Cherrie assumed a stalking position along the inside early in the 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old fillies, as Victory Romance set moderate fractions over a tiring surface.

Officer Cherrie came outside Victory Romance on the far turn, and then hit front at the eighth pole before edging away to complete the distance in 1:46.49. Born to Be finished a non-threatening third in the five-horse field.

Unusual Suspect ($8) stayed tucked in on the rail the whole trip as he captured the $75,000 Bay Meadows Derby, beating favored Ten a Penny by a head.

Unusual Suspect sat comfortably behind Zoning In, who took the lead in the 1 1/16-mile turf race when no one else showed an inclination to set the pace. Zoning In, who finished third, three-quarters of a length behind Ten a Penny, led until deep stretch when Ten a Penny got by him to the outside and Unusual Suspect went by inside him. The winning time was 1:44.59.

Casanova Jack ($8), one of only two horses in the field with a previous win on turf, drew clear in the stretch to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the $45,000 Oliver's Twist Stakes for 2-year-old Maryland-breds at Laurel Park.

Sent off as the second choice in a field of six, Casanova Jack, ridden by Horacio Karamanos for trainer Carlos Garcia, covered the six furlongs on firm turf in 1:08.76.

Garcia said Casanova Jack is likely to return to the main track for the Maryland Million Nursery on Oct. 13.

Ovechkin finished second with Jo's Mojo third.

Barcola may be based in New York, but he loves Delaware Park.

A 4-year-old colt trained by Mark Hennig, Barcola ($5.20) shipped down to Delaware for the third time since June and easily captured his third stakes at the Stanton, Del., track in Saturday's $100,300 Kelso Stakes.

Northern California-based jockey Russell Baze made the trip east to Philadelphia Park primarily to ride 3-year-old colt Double Action for his main client, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.

Baze and Double Action were overtaken in deep stretch of Saturday's Gallant Bob Handicap, but Baze came back about a half-hour later to upset the $260,000 My Juliet Stakes with 10-1 outsider Speechifying.

MIAMI - After successfully invading Kentucky last weekend, trainer Marty Wolfson will now turn his attention north of the border to Woodbine where he plans to send Golden Strategy and Ecclesiastic for graded stakes on Oct. 21.

Wolfson shipped four horses to Kentucky Downs for the Kentucky Cup Turf card, coming away with a victory by Art Moderne in the Franklin Stakes as well as third-place finishes by Ecclesiastic and Golden Strategy in the Kentucky Cup Sprint and Turf.

B's Wild Rush ($7.40), a beaten favorite at 1-5 and even money in her first two starts locally, made amends by cruising to a 6 1/2-length victory Friday night in the $51,200 Ruth Funkhouser Stakes at Charles Town.

The seven-furlong Funkhouser was the local prep for West Virginia-accredited 3-year-old fillies pointing to the $100,000 West Virginia Division of Tourism on the Oct. 20 West Virginia Breeders Classics program.

Ridden by Travis Dunkelberger for trainer Scott Lake, B's Wild Rush covered the distance in 1:26.98.