Allen Jerkens has been knocking off big favorites in big races for 45 years. He did it yet again by saddling Teammate to a hard-fought victory over odds-on Sugar Shake in Saturday's 32nd running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Shuvee Handicap.

Coming off three straight wins, Sugar Shake was the 7-10 choice in her first start since winning the Grade 1 Santa Maria Handicap on Feb. 10, while Teammate ($9.70) was second choice after returning from a five-month layoff to win an allowance prep just 16 days

earlier.

The Fit for a Queen Stakes was carded as an open overnight sprint stakes, but it came down to two old Illinois-bred rivals: Pretty Jenny got the worst of things, Bluesbdancing got the money.

Ticket to Seattle won the first stakes of her career with a wire-to-wire victory in the $75,300 Peach Blossom at Delaware Park. Miss Tizzy finished second in the field of six 3-year-old fillies, 4 1/4 lengths back, with Paying Off third. You Asked, the 6-5 favorite, finished last.

Ticket to Seattle broke on top and set fractions of 22.57 and 45.53 seconds before pulling away in the stretch.

Ticket to Seattle, owned by Puglisi Stable and trainer Steve Klesaris, returned $8.40. A Capote filly, she covered the six furlongs in 1:09.81 under Kendrick Carmouche.

Sahara Heat, the favored Kentucky shipper, maintained a slim lead throughout the $151,200 Marine Stakes at Woodbine and won the Grade 3 race for 3-year-olds by 1 1/4 lengths under Fernando Jara.

Sahara Heat ($6.10) set dawdling fractions of 24.77 and 49.12 seconds while being pressed by Bilbo in the 1 1/16-mile race. Approval Rating stalked three wide in third until the quarter pole, where he joined Sahara Heat on the front end.

Selvatica dominated six rivals in Saturday's $99,275 Desert Stormer Handicap at Hollywood Park, scoring her fourth stakes win in the last year. The victory was her first since being purchased for $560,000 by Marsha Naify at the Barretts January mixed sale.

Ridden by David Flores, Selvatica ($2.80) led throughout the Desert Stormer, running six furlongs in 1:09.58. She set early fractions of 22.24 and 44.86 seconds and was never threatened, finishing two lengths in front of Bully Bones. Nossa Cancao finished third, rallying from sixth on the turn.

Cort's P. B. ran like a 124-pound highweight should, winning the $45,000 Big Earl Handicap in impressive fashion. Pacesetter Majestic Commander finished second with Zarb's Dahar reporting home third. Odds-on favorite and second highweight Brother Bean forced the issue for just over three furlongs and then gave way to finish fourth and last. Margarita Man and Mr. Canaveral were late scratches.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When Spin Master won an allowance race in fast time this February in Florida, he looked like he might become a stakes sprinter. It just took him a few more months of development to show it.

Saturday in the $108,500 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs, Spin Master rebounded from a ninth-place finish in the Grade 2 Hutcheson Stakes on March 3, scoring a 2 3/4-length victory under Miguel Mena in stakes-record time.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - After the initial two weeks of the Fort Erie meeting, Ralph Quaranta and John Simms are tied atop the trainer standings with identical records of three wins and a third from seven starts.

Both raced during the off-season. Quaranta competed at Chicago's Hawthorne Park, while Simms did his business at Tampa Bay Downs.

Quaranta arrived at Hawthorne on Oct. 4. With 15 horses, he scored nine times by the meet's end on Jan. 1. He went back Feb. 23 when Hawthorne opened a new meeting, but was blanked.

BALTIMORE – Flashy Bull outlasted Hesanoldsalt through a stretch-long battle to score a nose victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 William Donald Schaefer Handicap for older horses on Saturday at Pimlico.

Ryan's For Real was a distant third.

Flashy Bull ($8.40), under jockey Alan Garcia, completed 1 1/8 miles on the fast main track in 1:47.86 for his fourth win in 17 lifetime starts. Kiaran McLaughlin trains Flashy Bull, 4, for West Point Thoroughbreds.

By DAVID GRENING

BALTIMORE, Md. - A bad post draw and an iffy weather forecast had trainer Angel Penna Jr. seriously contemplating not shipping Remarkable News down to Pimlico from New York for Saturday's $250,000 Dixie Handicap.

But the way the horse was acting - and his belief that it wouldn't rain - prompted Penna to come. And is he ever glad he did.