Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

Yourmoneysnogood cruises

Yourmoneysnogood ($8.40) found an easy lead early and cruised home to a 2 3/4-length win over favored Stormy Business in the $30,000 Dowd Mile Stakes at Fonner Park. Yourmoneysnogood has established himself as a solid favorite for the $100,000 Bosselman/Gus Fonner Stakes at Fonner on April 28.

Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

It's Alba Dabas Secret

Alba Dabas Secret picked up her second stakes win in a row as she rallied from off the pace under Marlon St. Julien to capture the $50,000 Hallowed Dreams Stakes at Evangeline Downs. Coach Mike also made a run from off the pace to finish second followed by Inomuff and 8-5 favorite Classify.

Overlooked at over 11-1 despite winning the Green Oaks Stakes at Delta Downs in her most recent start, Alba Dabas Secret ($24.40) picked up her fourth win from eight starts.

Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

Golden Balls pulls upset

Golden Balls caught pacesetter Desert Code in the final stride to win the $108,300 La Puente Stakes at Santa Anita, pulling an upset in his U.S. debut.

Ridden by Brice Blanc, Golden Balls ($16.40) made up 7 1/2 lengths in the final quarter-mile to win by a nose, finishing a mile on turf in 1:34.61. for trainer Jim Cassidy. The victory was worth $64,980.

Vauquelin, who was third early, held that position at the wire in the field of seven 3-year-olds.

Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

Belgravia makes '07 debut

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Lexington Stakes appears unlikely to produce a major contender for the Kentucky Derby, but nonetheless the Grade 2 Lexington is shaping up with a large cast for its 26th running Saturday at Keeneland. Belgravia, making his seasonal debut, is the likely favorite.

Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

The Nth Degree celebrates his anniversary

LEXINGTON, Ky. - One year to the day after picking up his first stakes victory, The Nth Degree scored his second stakes win, scoring an upset in Sunday's Grade 3, $110,200 Shakertown Stakes before a crowd of 9,076 at Keeneland Race Course.

His victory Sunday came on April 15, just as his previous stakes victory had in 2006 when he took the Yankee Affair Stakes at Gulfstream Park. As in that race, his margin of victory was the same, a neck.

Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

Seductively opens up when Olguin says 'go'

Seductively kicked clear in the stretch after awaiting room to take the Grade 3, $155,800 Whimsical Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths Sunday at Woodbine.

Hide and Chic rallied for second in the six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares, and Summer Girlfriend held third after dueling through moderate fractions. Vestrey Lady, the 4-5 favorite, faded to fourth after a three-wide stalking trip.

Gerry Olguin rode Seductively for Kinghaven Farm and trainer Ian Black.

Mon, 04/16/2007 - 00:00

Darjina takes French Guineas prep by neck

Darjina took top honors on Sunday at Longchamp, where she produced a professional victory in the Group 3, $106,000 Prix de la Grotte, the traditional course and distance prep for the French 1000 Guineas on May 13.

Sun, 04/15/2007 - 00:00

River's Prayer scores first graded stakes win

ARCADIA, Calif. - River's Prayer is unbeaten in three starts on Santa Anita's hillside turf course, but none of the wins were as important as Sunday's $108,700 Las Cienegas Handicap.

The Grade 3 Las Cienegas was River's Prayer's first win in a graded stakes, and the fifth stakes win of her 13-race career. Three of her stakes wins came against California-breds, one was in a minor stakes.

Sat, 04/14/2007 - 00:00

Curlin wins Arkansas Derby by record margin

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Curlin established himself as the possible favorite for the Kentucky Derby with a record-margin 10 1/2-length rout of the Grade 2, $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.

"He took a leap from his last start," said Robby Albarado, who rode Curlin for trainer Steve Asmussen.

Curlin, who is undefeated in three starts, won the Grade 3, $300,000 Rebel Stakes by 5 1/4 lengths here in March, one start after a 12 3/4-length maiden romp at Gulfstream Park in February. But he trumped both of those performances Saturday.

Sat, 04/14/2007 - 00:00

Boca Grande rebounds

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Jockey Mike Smith is leaving New York in hopes of jump-starting his career. On Saturday, one of his top mounts, Boca Grande, used a return to New York to rejuvenate hers.

Boca Grande, who won the Grade 2 Demoiselle over Aqueduct's main track last fall, rebounded from a disappointing 3-year-old debut at Gulfstream Park to record a 1 1/2-length victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Comely Stakes at Aqueduct. Winning Point, who broke poorly, rallied for second, one length over 8-5 favorite Perfect Forest.