Dylan Thomas sent his doubters scurrying for cover at Ascot on Saturday as he took advantage of a drying-out turf course to make off with the $1.5 million King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by four widening lengths.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - My Typhoon became the first horse to qualify for the 2007 Breeders' Cup, guaranteeing herself a spot in the Filly and Mare Turf with a courageous three-quarter-length victory over Argentina in Saturday's $520,000 Diana Handicap.

The Grade 1 Diana was the first race in Saratoga's Breeders' Cup Challenge Series with the winner of each of the four graded stakes on Saturday's card earning a guaranteed berth in the Breeders' Cup in October.

Bettors who keyed Keene Road cashed twice in a single race on Saturday, when he won the Harrison Half on the Extreme Day card at Calder Race Course in Miami. The one-mile race asked bettors in two separate bets to pick the leader at the half-mile mark and the winner of the conditioned claiming race. The two bets were taken as races 5 and 6.

Keene Road won the half-way wager in a sudden rainstorm, leading by a half-length in an opening half-mile in 48.49 seconds. For that part of the bet, he paid $12.60. Keene Road completed the race first by 9 1/4 lengths and paid $9.20.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Diabolical executed the first stage of trainer Steve Klesaris's three-pronged, long-range plan successfully on Saturday by outfinishing a game Attila's Storm to win the Grade 2, $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap by a half-length at Saratoga.

Attila's Storm, making his first start since March 10, was part of a hot early pace but was still second by 1 3/4 lengths over Simon Pure, who nosed out Benny the Bull for third.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Ginger Punch's meteoric rise up the filly and mare handicap division continued Saturday at Saratoga with her convincing six-length victory over Miss Shop in the $500,000 Go for Wand Handicap.

Ginger Punch's first Grade 1 win earned her a guaranteed spot in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, although to start she will have to be supplemented into the race at a cost of $180,000 to her owner, Frank Stronach, who also won this race a year ago with Spun Sugar.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Christophe Clement and jockey Garrett Gomez completed a sweep of Friday's two stakes races at Saratoga when Rutherienne slipped through along the hedge to outfinish Lady Attack by a neck and capture the $115,100 Lake George Stakes. The pair also combined to win the $83,000 Dinner Diamond Stakes earlier in the day with Rewrite.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Two months ago, Americanus was running in claiming races. On Monday, the 3-year-old son of Yonaguska will be among the favorites in a Grade 2 stakes, the $150,000 Amsterdam, which serves as a prep for the Gradeo1 Kings Bishop Stakes on Aug. 25.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Monashee and Spaghetti Mouse figure to be the top stars of B.C. Cup Day at Hastings on Aug. 6. A total of 100 horses have been nominated to the eight races that make up the biggest day of the year at Hastings.

Spaghetti Mouse looks like a solid favorite in a strong field for the $100,000 Redekop B.C. Cup Classic. Monashee towers over the others in the Distaff.

The big concern for Hastings management is whether the Distaff will attract enough runners to be carded.

The New York Racing Association reported increases in handle and attendance at the recently concluded Belmont Park spring-summer meeting.

Daily average ontrack handle, including wagering on simulcast races, rose 4.3 percent to $1,653,672 from $1,585,901 during the 59-day meet. Total handle increased 3.6 percent to a daily average of $11,971,928 from $11,555,959.

Despite a poorly attended Belmont Stakes - the crowd was only 46,870 compared with 61,168 in 2006 - overall attendance was up nearly 8 percent to 380,531 from 377,570. The daily average was 6,450.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Trainer Pat Mouton has won six stakes halfway into the meet at Louisiana Downs, success that has helped push his stable earnings to a career-best $2,220,087 already this year with five more months to go. Further enhancing Mouton's numbers is his 3-for-4 record with stakes starters at the meet at Evangeline Downs.

"It's been fun," he said.