MIAMI - Nightmare Affair, in the best form of his career entering the $500,000 , took advantage of a fast pace to register a come-from-behind two-length victory over Pomeroy on Saturday at Calder. The Grade 2 dash was the highlight of the $2 million Summit of Speed program.
Lost in the Fog, the reigning Eclipse Award-winning sprinter, was never in serious contention and finished ninth as the even-money favorite in a full field of 13 sprint specialists.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Go Deputy overcame a wide trip and a pedestrian pace to win the first stakes of his career, taking Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 by one-half length over longshot Crown Point before 7,047 at Belmont Park.
It was three lengths back to Leadwithyourchin in third. Gigli and Rochester completed the order of finish. Request for Parole scratched.
Go Between shook loose in the lane to win the Grade 2, $1 million on Saturday at Colonial Downs in course-record time.
Trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Garrett Gomez, Go Between drew clear to score a 1 3/4-length victory over Seaside Retreat.
The time was 1:59.74 for the 1 1/4 miles on firm turf, lowering the mark of 1:59.97 set by Phi Beta Doc in 1999.
Deputy Glitters captured his second Derby of the year Saturday, when he got the best of favored High Cotton in a riveting stretch duel in the Grade 2, $350,000 at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio.
Deputy Glitters added the Ohio Derby to his victory in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby in March. In between, he made failed runs in the Wood Memorial, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes.
STANTON, Del. - By trainer Todd Pletcher's count, he had 17 horses running at six different tracks on Saturday. Pletcher's powerhouse stable may have had a number of disappointments elsewhere around the country, but he hit the bull's-eye for the two biggest races on the card at Delaware Park.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Ambitious Cat earned the Sovereign Award for Canadian champion turf female last year, but never won a stakes until she captured the Grade 2 on Saturday at Woodbine.
Ambitious Cat raced three lengths off a slow pace under Todd Kabel in the nine-furlong grass race. Favored Noble Stella set moderate fractions, and was joined by Ozone Bere to her inside and Ambitious Cat to her outside at the top of the stretch.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Praying for Cash earned his first stakes victory as well as an invitation to the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell after defeating 1-2 shot Latent Heat in the Grade 3, $150,000 on Saturday at Monmouth Park.
Praying for Cash ($10.60) finally lived up to the buzz generated by his sensational debut here last summer, when he scored by 4 1/2 lengths over maiden special weight company. A son of Songandaprayer, he has shown flashes of talent in the past - now he will have an opportunity to shine in the Haskell on Aug. 6.
MIAMI - Malibu Mint orchestrated the biggest upset in the six-year history of Calder's Summit of Speed program when she rallied to a convincing 3 3/4-length victory over Prospective Saint in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 . Dubai Escapade, the overwhelming 1-5 favorite, tired badly through the stretch and beat only one horse in a field of seven older fillies and mares.
Malibu Mint, a 4-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon, was fanned well wide leaving the final turn while
