FLORENCE, Ky. - The place that started this whole synthetic track phenomenon has become an old hand. It was two years ago that Turfway Park began using Polytrack as its primary racing surface, becoming the first in a revolution that continues to substantially alter the landscape of North American racing.

RUIDOSO, N.M. - Heartswideopen gave trainer Carl Draper his second All American Futurity win in four years with a late-charging neck victory in the Grade 1, $2 million futurity for Quarter Horses at Ruidoso Downs on Monday.

Under jockey Oscar Hernandez, Heartswideopen, the 9-10 favorite, broke outward from the outside post position in the eight-horse field and raced near the outside rail. When she drifted in approaching the grandstand, Hernandez switched sticks to his left hand and Heartswideopen got up to win in 20.997 seconds for the 440 yards.

The Hastings stewards suspended jockey Pedro Alvarado indefinitely Monday pending an investigation into his actions during a bizarre incident before the start of the sixth race on Sunday.

As the horses were being loaded into the gate, Alvarado, who was aboard Louder, got off of his mount and exited the track through a gap in the outer fence that leads to where the track maintenance equipment is stored. It was not clear why Alvarado left the track or where he went, and he was taken off of his remaining mounts Sunday.

Timber Reserve held off a late charge from Xchanger to win the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby for 3-year-olds by a neck Monday at Philadelphia Park.

It was the first time the Pennsylvania Derby purse reached $1 million.

Timber Reserve ($13.40), one of the least experienced horses in the field, dug in to earn his third win in six career starts.

Javier Castellano was aboard for trainer John Kimmel as Timber Reserve ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.67 on the fast track to equal the stakes records of Western Playboy in 1989 and Rock and Roll in 1998.

Demeteor returned to the place he seems to love best, the Arlington turf course, and scored a major upset in the $47,300 Rossi Gold Stakes, the first of two overnight grass stakes at Arlington.

Demeteor, who dropped back second-last in the seven-horse Rossi Gold, rallied strongly in the final half-mile under Diego Sanchez, who won the second stakes race of his career. Trained by Bill Lazuka for owner Kenneth Hoffman (who often has been listed as Demeteor's trainer), Demeteor paid $48 to win after beating heavily favored Go Between by a neck.

Brego picked an opportune time to win his first stakes. He captured the richest turf race of the Remington Park meet, shooting up the rail for a one-length win over Almost Certain in the $150,000 DeBartolo Memorial Breeders' Cup Handicap.

Smooth Bid finished third in the 1o1/8-mile turf race, a half-length behind Almost Certain. Inca King, the favorite, finished ninth.

Just 11 days after riding his 5,000th winner, Perry Ouzts achieved another major career milestone when he guided Old Man Buck to a popular victory Monday in the $200,000 Cradle Stakes at his longtime base, River Downs.

Old Man Buck, the 2-1 favorite in a field of 10 2-year-olds, surged into contention on the far turn, then gradually edged away from Cherokee Triangle to prevail by a length in the 1 1/16-mile turf race.

Ouzts, 53, was greeted enthusiastically by the hometown crowd when returning to the winner's circle.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In a fitting conclusion to the Saratoga meet, Majestic Warrior, trained by Bill Mott, rallied from 11 lengths back with three furlongs to run and rolled to a 2 1/4-length victory in Monday's Grade 1, $250,000 Hopeful Stakes before a closing-day crowd of 20,314.

Ready's Image, the 3-5 favorite, finished second, 3 1/4 lengths ahead of Maimonides. It was 7 1/2 lengths back to Georgetown in fourth.

FLORENCE, Ky. - Street Sense arrived at Churchill Downs at about 5 a.m. Eastern on Monday after leaving the previous afternoon from Saratoga, where the colt swept the Jim Dandy and Travers stakes in his drive toward championship honors.

While his assistant, Ian Wilkes, stayed behind for a few more days at Saratoga, trainer Carl Nafzger was at Churchill early Monday and said Street Sense arrived in perfect shape.

"He'll walk a day, gallop a couple days, and then we'll look at what we're doing about a work," said Nafzger.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Stonetown won his fourth consecutive race in his first venture around two turns Monday at Woodbine in the 1 1/16-mile Elgin Stakes.

The Elgin was one of six $125,000 stakes on the card for graduates of local yearling sales. The winner of each race banked $75,000.

Stonetown led throughout, setting moderate fractions under Emile Ramsammy. Ever So Free rallied for second, and favored Edenwold was a fading fifth in the seven-horse field.