Bear Holiday ($7.90) nailed 2-5 favorite Dancing Allstar on the wire to take the $125,800 Colin Stakes for 2-year-olds at Woodbine.
Dancing Allstar, the lone filly in the seven-horse field, established a clear early lead in the six-furlong sprint, and set a rapid pace with Todd Kabel aboard. Bear Holiday raced about six lengths off the lead at the three-eighths pole under Jerry Baird, and commenced a three-wide rally on the turn.
Pay the Man ($5.80) destroyed a field of Ohio-bred 3-year old fillies by six lengths in the $100,000 Queen City Oaks at River Downs.
"I was surprised they let me go out so slow," jockey Ricardo Feliciano said of Pay the Man's opening quarter in 24.40 seconds. "She was all about her business today. I looked over my shoulder and didn't see anybody coming at the eighth pole. She had a lot left. We saved something for next time."
Pay the Man, trained by Miguel Feliciano, ran 1 1/8 miles on the fast main track in 1:52.40.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Fresh off his first Belmont trainer's title, Gary Contessa will try to keep the good times rolling at Saratoga when that meet opens on Wednesday. Contessa entered horses in six of the 10 races carded, including I Promise in the Grade 3, $100,000 Schuylerville Stakes for juvenile fillies.
A field of nine was entered for the Schuylerville, contested at six furlongs. Subtle Aly, an impressive debut winner at Churchill before being sold privately, and According to Plan, a sharp debut winner at Belmont for Barclay Tagg, will likely vie for favoritism.
Off Duty set a swift pace, temporarily surrendered the lead to favored Junior College, then battled back gamely under Larry Melancon to win the the $50,000 Don Bernhardt Memorial Stakes at Ellis Park.
Trained by Lynn Whiting, Off Duty ($8.40) finished 6 1/2 furlongs in a swift 1:15.43 over a fast track. After setting swift fractions while pressed from the outside by Spotsgone, the 4-year-old Off Duty was passed at the quarter pole by Junior College, but he rallied back along the rail to pull clear late.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Exchanging Fire, a former claimer, affirmed her status as a stakes winner Saturday with another dominant front-running victory at Monmouth Park in the $60,000 Serena's Song for 3-year-old fillies.
With Eddie King Jr. aboard, Exchanging Fire ($8.60) again threw down fast fractions. She hit the half-mile in 45.28 seconds and three-quarters in 1:09.57. Exchanging Fire polished off the mile and 70 yards in 1:40.22, beating the late-running Ethan's Car by 2 3/4 lengths with Lady Marlboro third.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Robby Albarado won four races to start the Arlington card Saturday, but that wasn't the most important win streak pertaining to the chances of Lattice in the American Derby. Bill Mott has made a cottage industry out of winning the American Derby, and Lattice gave the Mott barn three consecutive victories in the Grade 2, $250,000 race.
MIAMI - Cat Can Do once again showed her fondness for a wet racetrack, slipping through along the rail for a three-length victory over pacesetter Mia's Reflection in Saturday's $90,000 Nancy's Glitter Stakes at Calder. The win was the fourth of five on the card for the meet's leading rider, Elvis Trujillo.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Surf Cat, who finished second in the Grade 1 Triple Bend Handicap at Hollywood Park on July 7, is being strongly considered for Sunday's $300,000 Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar, trainer Bruce Headley said.
Headley is anxious to get Surf Cat a Grade 1 win and was frustrated that the 5-year-old horse was beaten a head by Bilo in the seven-furlong Triple Bend after encountering trouble in early stretch.
Martins Point and Satan's Code, the winners of the last two runnings of the $60,000 Punch Line Stakes at Colonial Downs, are back in the lineup for this year's edition of the five-furlong turf sprint for Virginia-bred or Virginia-sired horses. Neither one, however, is likely to be favored.
Since winning the 2005 Punch Line, the now 9-year-old Satan's Code has lost 11 straight races and was not the least bit competitive in his most recent start against $7,500 starter allowance foes at Penn National.