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.

The new Tapeta synthetic surface at Golden Gate Fields is scheduled to be installed next week, with the track expected to open for training Oct. 6, 10 days earlier than originally projected, according to the track's general manager, Robert Hartman. The fall meet begins Nov. 7.

Before Golden Gate opens for training, several trainers have been invited to train horses over the track to see if it needs any tweaking.

The 16,000 tons of material that will make up the synthetic track is scheduled for delivery later this week, Hartman said.

DEL MAR, Calif. - If Salute the Sarge can run as fast as his trainer runs his mouth, there will be no catching him in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity on Wednesday.

Eric Guillot, the big, boisterous trainer of Salute the Sarge, is right out of the Louisiana bayou, where storytelling is part of the way of life. So is racing horses. Guillot, 45, has been able to combine two of his favorite pastimes. With the backing of owner Michael Moreno, who partnered with Guillot to form Southern Equine Stable LLC, Guillot is starting to make his mark after years of knocking about the sport.

ERIE, Pa. - Patrons were 10 deep on the apron near the finish line Saturday night as Miss A Bomb nosed out Tres Dream in the first race of the Presque Isle Downs meet, the $100,000 Inaugural Stakes.

The meet is the first at Presque Isle, which is offering $500,000 a day in purse money from a purse account built up through slots revenue. On Saturday, $479,750 in purse money was distributed. A total of $126,204 was wagered ontrack for the eight-race card, with total all-sources handle of $594,241.