INGLEWOOD, Calif.- Lady Gamer ($17) won her stakes debut in Sunday's $76,450 Valkyr Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares at Hollywood Park.
Leading throughout under jockey David Flores, Lady Gamer, 4, ran six furlongs in 1:09.86, finishing 2 1/4 lengths in front of Getback Time, the 2-5 favorite. Lady Gamer set fractions of 22.40 and 45.35 seconds and was not threatened after quickly reaching the front on the backstretch.
Vaca City Flyer finished third in the field of five.
STOCKTON, Calif. - Double Action ($3) and Another Kris ($4.60) won both divisions, giving trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and jockey Russell Baze a sweep of the first running of the Forrest White Stakes at the San Joaquin County Fair on Sunday.
Odds-on Double Action won the first division by three lengths over Super Image, running 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:03.16.
Another Kris, battling on the pace from the deeper inside, stuck his head in front of Something Sonic in the stretch and inched ahead to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:03.61.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Under a strong ride by jockey Emma Wilson, longshot Mike Fox overhauled front-running Alezzandro three strides from the wire to capture the 148th running of the $1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine on Sunday.
Wilson became the first female rider to win the mile and a quarter event for 3-year-olds. It was also the first Plate victory for owner Morgan Firestone and Ian Black, who began training the handsome son of Giant's Causeway in the spring.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Chief's Lake ran into a monster when he finished third in his 3-year-old debut last month. In Sunday's $107,700 Mike Lee Handicap, Chief's Lake was the monster, dueling early with three other horses before bounding clear to a 3 1/4-length victory at Belmont Park.
Stunt Man finished second, a half-length ahead of Dr. V's Magic. Berry Bound finished fourth and was followed by even-money favorite What a Tale and Im a Numbers Guy.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense breezed a half-mile Sunday at Churchill Downs in 49.40 seconds, marking the first workout for the colt in more than three weeks. Regular rider Calvin Borel was aboard for the work, which came over a muddy racetrack.
After Street Sense breezed a half-mile May 30, trainer Carl Nafzger announced the next day that the colt would bypass the June 9 Belmont Stakes in favor of the Jim Dandy Stakes, a July 28 race to be used as a prep for the Aug. 25 Travers Stakes. Both races are at Saratoga.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - D Fine Okie turned in the most decisive victory of the four stakes winners at Louisiana Downs on Saturday, when she powered to a 3 1/2-length win over Comalagold in the $50,000 River Cities. The other three stakes on the card were all won in photo finishes.
D Fine Okie ($5.20) raced in second for much of the one-mile turf race for fillies and mares, with Comalagold up by five lengths through six furlongs in 1:13. D Fine Okie overtook Comalagold in the stretch and went on to cover the distance over soft turf in 1:38.65.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Worldly had to leave his native Great Britain last year after a bad case of bleeding, but he has found these shores, where he can use Lasix, far more hospitable. On Saturday at Hollywood Park, he won his third straight race by downing even-money favorite Golden Balls in the Grade 3, $113,500 Cinema Breeders' Cup Handicap for 3-year-old turf runners.
Lawyer Ron came looking for a path to the Breeders' Cup in the Grade 3, $150,000 Salvator Mile Saturday at Monmouth Park. And while he got in a useful race, he failed to win at 1-10.
Trainer Todd Pletcher is considering the newly created Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile for the classy 4-year-old when Monmouth hosts the Breeders' Cup for the first time in October.
The 2006 Arkansas Derby winner, Lawyer Ron made a strong late run but fell a neck short of catching a losse-on-the-lead Gottcha Gold.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Makderah handled her first U.S. stakes assignment with style, storming home to win the Grade 2, $250,000 New York Breeders' Cup by four authoritative lengths Saturday at Belmont Park.
A 4-year-old Irish-bred filly owned by Shadwell Stable, Makderah surged from last in the six-horse field to earn her fourth win in 10 career starts.
This was only her third race in this county for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, and Makderah ($7.50) was stepping up from a second-level allowance victory.
The class hike was no obstacle for the Shadwell Stable homebred.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Even before Pleasant Strike had raced this Arlington meet, Todd Pletcher mentioned him as a candidate for Arlington's Mid-America Triple for 3-year-old grass horses. And after his performance Saturday, one can see why.
Pleasant Strike ($12) crushed eight rivals in the Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Classic, looking like a potential hopeful for the Grade 1 Secretariat later in the meet.
"He couldn't have won any better, could he?" said Michael Dilger, Pletcher's Arlington assistant.