Malibu Mint ($9.20) got precisely the kind of come-from-behind trip that has worked so well thus far on the Keeneland Polytrack when she wore down another closer, Hide and Chic, to post a one-length triumph in the Grade 3, $300,000 .

Jockey Kyle Kaenel sagely eased Malibu Mint off the pace after the filly broke sharpest of all. With a quarter-mile to run in the six-furlong race, Malibu Mint was still sixth of eight but was rolling on the outside, and she went on for her third victory, all in stakes, from 10 starts this year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Gorella was just good enough to earn a measured victory Saturday at Keeneland in the $400,000 in an effort that told trainer Patrick Biancone he needs to run the standout filly against the boys again in the Breeders' Cup Mile.

"When a horse runs a mile in 1:34, it is not hard to decide," said Biancone, who had maintained beforehand that he was torn between entering Gorella in the BC Mile or against her own gender in the 1 3/8-mile BC Filly and Mare Turf in the Nov. 4 championship series at Churchill Downs.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Vacare answered all the questions about whether she would match up with some of the world's top 3-year-old fillies by remaining undefeated with a dramatic victory Saturday in the 23rd running of the Grade 1, $500,000 at Keeneland.

"She proved she belongs," said Chris Block, the Chicago-based trainer who conditions Vacare for the Lothenbach Stables and who was registering the first Grade 1 triumph of his 17-year career. "This feels phenomenal."

ARCADIA, Calif. – Making his first start in the United States, Dark Islander rallied wide on the final turn to defeat the stakes winners Obrigado and A.P. Warrior in Saturday’s $150,000 at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Jose Valdivia, Jr., Dark Islander ($8.80) ran 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:46.21. He finished 1 1/2 lengths in front of Obrigado, who finished 2 1-4 lengths clear of A.P. Warrior in the field of six. A.P. Warrior was the 6-5 favorite.

After setting most of the pace, Grand Facile dug in gamely to prevail by a head in the $50,000 Delicada Stakes at Louisiana Downs. Odds-on favorite Plaid lodged a late bid between horses but was unable to overtake the winner and was forced to settle for second. Raspberry Wine finished a nose farther back in third, and I. B.'s Halo was fourth. Only a quarter-length separated the first four finishers.

Bold Chieftain ($3.40) pulled away through the stretch to win the $57,000 Hayes Valley Stakes for 3-year-olds at Golden Gate Fields.

Bold Chieftain was content to let Passive Income and Courting Seattle go early, but he moved up down the backstretch, putting his head in front at the half-mile pole. He and Passive Income raced in tandem around the turn.

Weigelia lived up to his low odds by winning Saturday's $54,000 Hockessin Stakes at Delaware Park, but it sure wasn't as easy as expected.

Barracuda Boy ($10.40) shook loose on the lead and was never seriously challenged en route to a 5 1/4-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,400 at Woodbine.

The other front-runner in the Durham Cup, Roving Angel, was rated in a stalking position, enabling Barracuda Boy to set moderate fractions before drawing off in the stretch under Emma-Jayne Wilson.

"He broke sharp, put himself in his usual bowed-neck position, and relaxed for me," said Wilson. "As we hit the backside, I was very content with where I was sitting."

MIAMI - Can't Beat It put an end to nearly three months of frustration for trainer Marty Wolfson with a convincing 3 1/4-length victory over Croton Road in Saturday's $200,000 .

Wolfson has been at odds with the Illinois Racing Board and the Arlington Park stewards since Can't Beat It was disqualified from second and placed last in the July 22 American Derby for testing positive for trace levels of Class 4 medications isoxsuprine and naproxen. Wolfson, who was fined $1,000 for each positive, and Can't Beat It's owner, Charlotte Weber, have appealed those rulings.

Due upset the retirement party of Cherokee's Boy on Saturday at Laurel, runing off to a 2 3/4-length victory at 9-1 in the $237,500 Maryland Million Classic. Cherokee's Boy, sent off at 1-5 in the final race of his career, finished off the board.

The Classic was the featured race of Laurel's 12-race Maryland Million card, restricted to the offspring of Maryland stallions.