Sun, 07/23/2006 - 00:00

Fort Erie: Top Ten List connects

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Top Ten List rallies to win the $125,000 Rainbow Connection at Fort Erie on Sunday.

Top Ten List, under a confident ride from jockey Corey Fraser, rallied for a 1 3/4-length victory in the $125,000 Rainbow Connection at Fort Erie.

Breaking from post 2 in the field of 10 Ontario-sired fillies and mares, Top Ten list stalked the pace in third place on the inside, then split the front-runners in midstretch and drove on to a convincing victory in the five-furlong turf race.

Top Ten List, the 126-pound highweight, was racing with blinkers for the first time in the Rainbow Connection.

Sun, 07/23/2006 - 00:00

Dream of Angels wins Middleground

Dream of Angels rallied through the stretch to win his maiden in the $65,000 Middleground Breeders' Cup for 2-year-olds on the closing day card at Lone Star Park on Sunday. He was 18-1 and won by a neck over 24-1 outsider Spoonerism, who finished a neck in front of 70-1 longshot Axel Pegasus.

Real Quiet Man finished fourth at 5-1 to complete a $2 superfecta payoff of $39,864. The trifecta paid $6,020.

Sun, 07/23/2006 - 00:00

Sky Conqueror reels in Last Answer near wire

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Sky Conqueror wins the $697,800 Northern Dancer Breeders' Cup Turf Sunday at Woodbine.

Sky Conqueror ($11.20) overhauled front-running Last Answer in deep stretch to win the inaugural running of the $697,800 on Sunday at Woodbine.

Todd Kabel rode Sky Conqueror, who raced three wide among a pack of six going down the backstretch of the 1 1/2-mile marathon. Last Answer opened up a substantial lead under Emile Ramsammy and set fractions of 25.50 seconds, 50.94, and 1:16.33 over a course labeled soft.

Sun, 07/23/2006 - 00:00

Track cancels 7 of 9 Sunday races

An unseasonable amount of rain continues to play havoc with Woodbine's inner track, a seven-furlong Standardbred oval that has been converted for use by the Thoroughbreds while a Polytrack surface is installed in place of the former main track this summer.

Woodbine was forced to cancel the last seven of its nine scheduled inner-track races Sunday, when the track marked its 50th anniversary, although the Northern Dancer Breeders' Cup Turf and Ontario Jockey Club Stakes proceeded on the grass as scheduled.

Sun, 07/23/2006 - 00:00

Dash of Humor takes HBPA Handicap

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Dash of Humor wins the $50,000 HBPA Handicap at Ellis Park on Saturday.

Dash of Humor got a great trip from just off the pace before rolling to a three-length victory Saturday in the $50,000 HBPA Handicap at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky.

With Calvin Borel riding for owner James Conway and trainer Hal Wiggins, Dash of Humor returned $12.20 as third choice in a field of 11 fillies and mares. The 6-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor completed a mile in 1:37.59 over a good turf course with her first career stakes win.

Sat, 07/22/2006 - 00:00

Solano: Catch My Fancy best in Fairfield Stakes

Catch My Fancy ($5) had every reason not to win the $45,600 Fairfield Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at the Solano County Fair on Saturday.

She dumped rider Russell Baze and ran off in the post parade. She had to swerve around Brenda Meova when the pacesetter broke down at the quarter pole. She was in tight and got bumped as she split favored Yessiremychickadee and Come On Margaret in the stretch.

But she still won the six-furlong race by one-half length over River Song in 1:10.91.

Sat, 07/22/2006 - 00:00

Immigration captures Emerald Express

AUBURN, Wash. - Immigration gave trainer Howard Belvoir his fourth straight renewal of the $45,000 Emerald Express Stakes at Emerald Downs on Saturday, defeating 11 other 2-year-olds in 1:09.80 for six furlongs.

Immigration, a Washington-bred son of Delineator, pressed the pace from the outside before taking a clear advantage turning for home and drew out to score by four lengths over Onehundred Days. Pirates Deputy closed from far back for third.

Sat, 07/22/2006 - 00:00

Giacomo polishes tarnished image

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Winning for the first time since his 50-1 upset in the 2005 Kentucky Derby, Giacomo caught Preachinatthebar in deep stretch to claim the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap by a head.

Giacomo, ridden by Mike Smith, captures the to earn his first victory since last year's Kentucky Derby.

Giacomo proved in Saturday's $300,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar that he is more than just a one-hit wonder.

Winning for the first time since his 50-1 upset in the 2005 Kentucky Derby, Giacomo caught Preachinatthebar in deep stretch to claim the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap by a head. The race was Giacomo's first start since he finished fifth in the Santa Anita Handicap in March.

Sat, 07/22/2006 - 00:00

Dancing Edie uncatchable

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Dancing Edie defeats Island Fashion and Moscow Burning in the John C. Mabee Handicap on Saturday at Del Mar.

Both Live Life and Dancing Edie looked to be the controlling speed in the , but when Live Life walked out of the gate, Dancing Edie found herself alone on the lead. Her jockey, Corey Nakatani, nursed her through soft fractions, and then gave her an aggressive ride in the stretch to hold off a horde of challengers and win the Grade 1, $400,000 grass race for older fillies and mares.

Sat, 07/22/2006 - 00:00

High Strike Zone wins Ark-La-Tex

High Strike Zone won the $75,000 Ark-La-Tex Handicap at Louisiana Downs for the second straight year on Saturday, when he set a stout pace and went on to a three and three-quarter length win over Pressed. It was another four lengths back in third to Mr. Pursuit.