Corey Fraser guides 8-1 shot Are You Serious to a one-length victory over 1-2 favorite Judiths Wild Rush in the Bold Venture Stakes at Woodbine.

Under a ground-saving ride from Corey Fraser, Are You Serious upset last year's Canadian champion sprinter, 1-2 favorite Judiths Wild Rush, in the $125,000 Bold Venture Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday.

Diabolical, returning to dirt for the first time since finishing a distant eighth in the Preakness, easily handled his first assignment on an off track by scoring a 4 1/2-length victory in the $58,200 Stanton Stakes at Delaware Park.

The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds was reduced from 11 to five runners when sloppy conditions forced track officials to take the stakes off the turf.

Bright Gold pulled clear of pacesetter Partners Due in deep stretch to win the $60,000 Somethingroyal Stakes at Colonial Downs for the second straight year.

A 6-year-old mare ridden by Horacio Karamanos for trainer Mary Eppler, Bright Gold ($2.40) earned her 12th career victory in 31 starts and her second consecutive stakes over the local turf course. She previously won the $70,000 Buckland on June 25.

Costa Rising won his fifth straight race when he cruised to a 2 1/2-length win over Chromite Soldier in the $75,000 A.L. "Red" Erwin for 3-year-old statebreds at Louisiana Downs. It was another nose back in third to Tommy's Turn.

Costa Rising ($3.80) led the field through fractions of 23.58 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 47.34 for the half-mile, and 1:12.74 for six furlongs en route to covering about one mile on good turf in 1:36.75.

Mario Reyes rode the winner for trainer Joseph Boxie.

In front of a record crowd estimated at 17,000 by track officials, Up 'n Blumin lived up to her 2-5 favoritism in defense of her title with a 1 3/4-length win in the $28,800 Falls Amiss Handicap at Horsemen's Park.

With R. D. Williams aboard, Up 'n Blumin was content to follow the early pace, made her move going to the final turn of the one-mile race, and drew clear under a confident ride, getting the distance in 1:40.20.

For Up 'n Blumin, trained by Kelly Von Hemel, it was her fifth stakes win of the year and moved her career record to 12-4-0 from 18 starts.

A malfunction that left half the field momentarily stranded in the starting gate while the other six horses broke cleanly forced River Downs to declare its $100,000 stakes feature "no contest" on Saturday.

All wagers on the Queen City Oaks were refunded after the stewards conducted an inquiry, and no purse money was paid out.

A severe storm hit Fairmount Park mid-morning Friday, knocking out power to the racetrack and forcing the cancellation of simulcasting and Friday's live card, which was scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Power was restored early Saturday, and Fairmount's operation was back to normal for Saturday's race day.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - With a pair of $1 million races this summer, Colonial Downs figured to be a hotbed for 3-year-old grass horses. But who figured that the John Marshall, a $60,000 stakes restricted to Virginia-breds, would produce the winner of the American Derby?

But that is exactly the race in which Union Avenue made his most recent start, and Saturday at Arlington, facing 13 rivals in the Grade 2, $250,000 , Union Avenue won again, paying $49.60 to win - a startling price for a horse trained by Bill Mott, who won this race last year with Gun Salute.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Cosmonaut's unexpected early pace won the on Saturday at Arlington.

Cosmonaut's was a minor sort of upset. At a win price of $10.40 he beat the big three in the $200,000 Arlington Handicap. The favored Red Fort finished fourth, second-choice Rush Bay was a distant fifth of six, and Artiste Royal wound up third, with 29-1 shot Load a Chronic a fast-closing second.

MUSKEGON, Mich. - Its His Time, winner of the June 19 Wolverine Stakes, will face nine Michigan-bred rivals in Tuesday evening's $50,000 Michigan Breeders' Cup at Great Lakes Downs.

The handicap, at 1 1/16 miles, is the fifth race on a nine-race card that begins at 5:10 p.m. Eastern.

Its His Time, owned by the Volar Corporation and trained by Ronnie Allen, has won both of his starts this year at Great Lakes. He recently ventured to Mountaineer Park, where he finished third, beaten a length, in an allowance race.