MIAMI - Amorama had piled up plenty of frequent flyer miles but had nary a victory to show for her travels this season, until Saturday when she returned to south Florida to post a come-from-behind one-length victory over Bayou's Lassie in the $100,000 at Calder.
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MIAMI - Meditations turned in the most eye-catching performance of Saturday's Grand Slam I program at Calder and served notice she could be a force to reckon with in the 3-year-old filly division this winter at Gulfstream Park by roaring to a 10 3/4-length triumph in the $100,000 Three Ring Stakes.
Adhrhythm, the even-money favorite coming off a seventh-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, finished last in the field of seven 2-year-old fillies.
In a major resurgence, Remington Park, which opened a casino in November 2005, posted extreme gains in average daily handle during its Thoroughbred meet that closed on Tuesday. The Magna-owned track is in Oklahoma City.
Handle on Remington's live races from all sources was $873,833 per night this meet, a gain of 58 percent from the $549,701 average during the corresponding meet in 2005. Of the total amount, an average of $795,334 a night was bet on the track's races offsite, a 65 percent increase from the 2005 average of $481,012.
Jockey Harry Vega swept both stakes for South Carolina resident 2-year-olds aboard heavy favorites at Philadelphia Park.
Vega guided No Mine for Me ($3) to a comfortable victory in the $45,475 Christopher Melser Memorial for colts and geldings. One race later, Vega collected his third win on the card in the $41,900 Donna Freyer for fillies when Suzy Smart ($4) held off Welcome Inn by a neck.
Both stakes were restricted to horses who spent at least 90 days in South Carolina.
Adore the Gold ($3.60) was much the best in the $85,000 H. Steward Mitchell for 2-year-olds at Laurel Park.
Ridden by Joe Rocco for trainer Mike Gorham, Adore the Gold won for the third time in four starts, drawing away in the stretch to a four-length victory over the previously unbeaten Cahill's Touch.
Crafty Bear was another 4 3/4 lengths back in third.
Owned by John Murphy Sr., Adore the Gold previously won the $100,000 Dover at Delaware Park.
The winning time for seven furlongs on a fast track was 1:24.59.
Palace Pier ($26.20) held off 4-5 favorite Catch the Thrill for her first stakes victory in the $150,800 Ontario Lassie at Woodbine.
Palace Pier led throughout the 1o1/16-mile race for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies, setting quick fractions of 24.01 and 47.62 seconds. Catch the Thrill commenced a four-wide rally on the far turn and took dead aim at Palace Pier in the stretch, but Palace Pier dug in and prevailed by three-quarters of a length. Love You Crazy was a distant third in the seven-horse field.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Gary Contessa insists Magnolia Jackson is a better horse when she can rate. She's not too shabby on the front end either.
In a scratch-reduced field of four in Saturday's $69,825 Garland of Roses Handicap at Aqueduct, Magnolia Jackson, under Ramon Dominguez, used her speed to duel with Stormy Kiss for three furlongs before putting that one away turning for home and drawing off for a two-length victory. Longshot Pleasant Laughter rallied from last to be second, 1 1/2 lengths ahead of Stormy Kiss. Notimetoquit, who stumbled at the break, finished last.
VINTON, La. - Birdbirdistheword swept to the lead four wide on the final turn and held off a bid by favorite Pirates Deputy for a three-quarter-length win in Friday nights Grade 3, $1 million Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs. It was another three lengths back to Xchanger in third.
The Delta Jackpot is the richest race in Louisiana, and was one of five stakes on a card worth a cumulative $1.5 million.
PORTLAND, Ore. - For a time on Tuesday it looked as though leading rider Joe Crispin would sweep the 10-race card at Portland Meadows. Crispin, with a big boost from leading trainer Jim Fergason, who put him on four winners, scored in the first six races before finishing off the board in the seventh.
Crispin came right back to win the eighth race aboard the Jonathan Nance-trained Chickenpotpie, thereby equaling the local record of seven riding wins on a single program. Crispin shared that record with Felipe Valdez, having tied that rider's mark here in 1998.