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.

Diamond Fever remained undefeated on turf and extended his overall winning streak to four races when he captured his stakes debut Saturday in the $59,850 Stanton at Delaware Park.

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.

New York Racing Association regulars James Bond and Bruce Levine have done exceptionally well when they have shipped horses to Finger Lakes this season. Collectively, the two trainers are 11 for 22, including a win by the Bond-trained Cool Paradigm in last weekend's Niagara Stakes.

Bond and Levine will send out prime contenders Zipperoo and Grand Refer in Sunday's $50,000 Ontario County, a six-furlong stakes restricted to 3-year-old New York-breds.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The rejuvenated 8-year-old Cool Selection will step up to stakes company Sunday at Woodbine in the $125,000 Bold Venture.

The 6 1/2-furlong Bold Venture drew just five others, probably because of the notion that the imposing Stradivinsky would be tough to beat. However, Stradivinsky wasn't entered due to an injury.

MIAMI - After his record-setting 2006 Tropical at Calder meeting, apprentice Jermaine Bridgmohan appeared to be on the verge of a huge 2007 campaign. But a frightening accident on opening day of the Gulfstream Park session, followed by a similarly ugly spill shortly after his comeback later in the meet, brought Bridgmohan's seemingly skyrocketing career to a halt during the opening half of the season.