MIAMI - Too Much Bling asserted his class superiority over seven other 3-year-olds, cruising to a two-length triumph in the $300,000 . Mach Ride finished a game second, three lengths in front of Blazing Rate.

Too Much Bling, a son of Rubiano, was already a two-time graded stakes winner coming into the Grade 3 Carry Back. Allowed to settle by Prado off an early pace set by Mach Ride and contested by Laptop Computer, Too Much Bling moved readily to challenge the leaders while kept out in the better going well off the rail entering the stretch. He

MIAMI - Lost in the Fog may have gotten most of the attention this week, but his younger stablemate Victorina went back to California a graded stakes winner herself after rallying to a 1 1/2-length decision in the Grade 3, $300,000 for 3-year-old fillies.

Victorina dropped back into the pack after a very alert start,

MIAMI - Straight Faced ($9.40) kept his perfect record intact after drawing away to a convincing 5 1/2-length decision over Drums of Thunder in the $80,000 Birdonthewire Stakes. Green Vegas, the 6-5 favorite along with stablemate Super Envoy, finished a tiring third.

The win was the second in as many starts for Straight Faced, a 2-year-old son of Straight Man who is trained by Steve Dimauro for owner Walter R. Donnelly. Leading jockey Manoel Cruz rode the winner. Straight Faced's final time of 1:05.17 for 5 1/2 furlongs established a stakes record.

MIAMI - Post Invader ($16.60) finished full of run from the rear of the pack en route to a 4 1/2-length triumph in the $80,000 Cassidy Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Yesshecandance, the 7-5 choice, rallied outside rivals to finish a nose before the tiring Banda Victoria to be second.

Post Invader was ridden by Carlos Olivero for trainer Gerald Procino. Final time for 5 1/2 furlongs was 1:06.53.

MIAMI - Running Bobcats ($25.80) rallied up the hedge to score an upset in the $100,000 Distaff Turf Handicap under an astute ride by jockey Julio Garcia. Jewels N Gems finished second, three-quarters of a length in front of 4-5 favorite Unbridled Sidney, who faltered suddenly after cruising through midstretch on a clear lead.

Running Bobcats, a 4-year-old daughter of Running Stag, ran five furlongs in 57.31 seconds over a yielding turf course for trainer Jorge Romero.

MIAMI - Gin Rummy Champ ($10.60) followed Running Bobcats's lead, finishing strongly along the rail to capture the $100,000 Calder Turf Sprint Handicap by two lengths over the slow-starting Sgt. Bert. Whatasoldier was third, while 2-1 favorite Justice for Auston finished a nonthreatening fourth after steadying in traffic on the turn.

Gin Rummy Champ had been winless nearly two years before capturing an overnight stakes in his previous start. Cruz rode Gin Rummy Champ for trainer Frank Gomez.

Casino Evil and jockey Cisco Torres clung to the rail, saving ground all the way in the Round Table Stakes at Arlington Park - and they needed every inch of it.

Casino Evil pushed past his pace challenger Barely Union Scale in upper stretch, but Barely Union Scale stayed on, was coming back in deep stretch, and missed by the narrowest of margins. Casino Evil, trained by Mike Tomlinson for Paul Hanifl, paid $9.60 to win, running 1 1/8 miles in a solid 1:50.12, winning the first stakes race of his career.

MUSKEGON, Mich. - Weather-storm will be looking to add to his winning stakes record at Great Lakes Downs when he faces eight 3-year-old Michigan-bred colts and geldings in the $50,000 Spartan Stakes on Tuesday. A seven-furlong race, the Spartan is the sixth race on the card, which has a first post of 5:10 p.m. All starters will carry 122 pounds.

Jockey Luis Quinonez completed a sweep of the two weekend stakes at Louisiana Downs when Starry Pie rallied through the stretch for a two-length win over My Silver Charm in Saturday's $50,000 Dixie Miss Stakes. It was another head back in third to favorite Elliecat.

Quinonez also won the Elge Raspberry here Friday with Tortuga Flats.

Ferocious Won is now one win away from a lucrative payday. Coming off a neck victory in the Mike Lee Stakes on June 25, Ferocious Won drove to a 1 3/4-length win in the $150,000 New York Derby at Finger Lakes, the second leg of the Big Apple Triple for 3-year-old New York-breds. He will have a shot at a $250,000 bonus if he can win the Albany Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 23.