ARCADIA, Calif. - Nashoba's Key's bandwagon was filling rapidly Sunday, a day after she extended her unbeaten streak to seven in the $400,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting.

Through the morning, trainer Carla Gaines's cell phone rang incessantly with calls from well-wishers, while Nashoba's Key, displaying the bad temperament she is known for, rested in her stall, about 25 feet outside of Gaines's stable office.

"Everybody loves a winner," Gaines said.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Todd Pletcher won't have Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches to run, but he'll still have a pretty strong hand to play in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff on Oct. 27 at Monmouth Park.

That hand was strengthened Sunday when the Pletcher-trained duo of Unbridled Belle and Indian Vale were heads apart while finishing first and second in the Grade 1 $600,000 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park. It was another 2 1/4 lengths back to 11-10 favorite Ginger Punch in third.

Balance, Mo Cuishle, Miss Shop, and Ice Cool Kitty completed the order of finish.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Johnny Velazquez had a ton of horse aboard 2-5 favorite English Channel entering the stretch of Sunday's $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, he just needed some room.

Velazquez finally found some space at the eighth pole and he was able to squeeze English Channel on through en route to a 2 1/4-length victory over Stream of Gold in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch at Belmont Park. It was three lengths back to Interpatation in third.

Kiss the Kid, Mission Approved, Green Girl, and Mustanfar completed the order of finish.

ELMONT, N.Y. - This time in the Belmont Park stretch, Curlin didn't come up short, and now the Preakness winner is back in the hunt for Horse of the Year.

Thirteen weeks after falling a head short to the filly Rags to Riches in the Belmont Stakes, Curlin wore down the sensational 4-year-old colt Lawyer Ron to take Sunday's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup by a neck. Lawyer Ron, coming off victories in the Whitney and Woodward at Saratoga, finished second by four lengths over Political Force.

ELMONT, N.Y. - While trainer Todd Beattie insists Fabulous Strike can rate, it was the gelding's brilliant speed that helped him punch his ticket to the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Forced to go to the front in Sunday’s Grade 1 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park after drawing the rail, Fabulous Strike, under Ramon Dominguez, dueled with the speedy Talent Search through a half-mile in 44.51 seconds before drawing away from that colt in the stretch en route to a 5 3/4-length victory. Fabulous Strike covered the six furlongs in 1:09.22 and paid $11.20.

ELMONT, N.Y. - In Prussian, trainer Bill Mott already has one of the leading contenders for the new $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. In Namaste's Wish, he may have one of Prussian's major challengers.

Namaste's Wish, a full sister to Grade 1 dirt winner Purge, may have earned a spot in the Juvenile Turf at Monmouth Park on Oct. 26 with a three-quarter-length victory over Sea Chanter in Sunday's $81,900 Miss Grillo Stakes at Belmont Park.

D Fine Okie kept Zee Oh Six from winning the $100,000 Oklahoma Classics Day Classic for a fourth time when she drove to a1 3/4- length win in what was the richest of eight Oklahoma-bred stakes run Saturday night at Remington Park. Purses for the races totaled a series-high $500,000.

D Fine Okie tracked pacesetter Zee Oh Six for much of the mile and a sixteenth Classic, as that one set fractions of 24.08 seconds for the opening quarter, 47.80 for the half-mile mark and 1:11.83 for six furlongs. D Fine Okie took over in the stretch and went on to cover the distance in 1:43.93.

Mystery Classic reiterated his status as one of the top sprinters in this region on Saturday night, when he won his fourth straight stakes in the $45,000 J.R. Straus Memorial at Retama Park. He led throughout for a three length win over defending champ Nuttyboom, who was three lengths clear of third-place finisher War Bridle.

Mystery Classic ($3.60) was up by a length and a half through an opening quarter in 22.22 seconds in the six-furlong Straus, and remained in command of the race through a half-mile in 44.67. He went on to cover the distance in 1:08.84.

STICKNEY, Ill. – Try and figure this one out: When Student Council won the Pacific Classic on Aug. 19, he was saddled by trainer Vladimir Cerin, but was basically running on the training of Neil Howard – who had Student Council before his private purchase in August – and Steve Asmussen, into whose Saratoga barn the horse moved after Ro Parra’s Millennium Farms bought him. But on Saturday, winning the Hawthorne Gold Cup in smooth fashion, Student Council won under Asmussen’s name, while basically running off Cerin’s training in Southern California.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Returning from an 11-week layoff, Tiago vaulted onto a list of leading contenders for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27 with a nose victory over Awesome Gem in Saturday’s $520,000 Goodwood Stakes at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting.

The victory came in Tiago’s first start against older horses and was his second Grade 1 win. A half-brother to 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, Tiago won the Santa Anita Derby last April. He was the only 3-year-old in the Goodwood.