Some Ghost unleashed a furious run from the far turn to the wire to win the $100,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap by 8 3/4 lengths at Sunland Park.
Ridden by Ricardo Jaime for trainer Jess Alley, Some Ghost won the 1 1/16-mile race for New Mexico-breds in 1:45.28.
This was the seventh win in 17 starts for Some Ghost ($8.80), who with the first-place check of $60,000 pushed his career earnings past $223,000.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Badge of Silver may have ended his career as a winner on Sunday at Santa Anita.
Making his turf debut, Badge of Silver won the $150,000 at Santa Anita by 2 1/2 lengths, scoring his fourth career stakes win.
According to the Ramsey Farm website, Badge of Silver is set to enter stud at Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey's Kentucky farm in 2006.
MIAMI, Fla. - Barbaro and J'Ray, two of the many promising 3-year-olds who'll winter in south Florida this season, got the new year off to a rousing start on Sunday when registering popular victories in Calder's $100,000 .
Barbaro rallied from just off the pace under Edgar Prado to register an easy 3.75 length victory over Wise River in the Grade 3 Tropical Park Derby. The win was the third in as many starts for the son of Dynaformer who closed out his 2-year-old campaign with an even more one sided decision in the Laurel Futurity.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Fair Grounds leading connections of trainer Steve Asmussen and rider Roman Chapa combined and worked their magic once again in winning Sunday's Sugar Bowl Stakes with Catonight. Fellow Asmussen trainee Here Tiger finished second followed by Kingsfield.
Chapa placed Catonight ($10.00) on the lead and the outside in the six furlong affair for just turned 3-year-olds and helped carve out an opening quarter of :21.86 before shaking loose in the turn. Chapa had plenty left in the drive to prevail by two and a half-lengths in a time of 1:10.94 over a fast track.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Heavily favored Secret Corsage ($3) rated nicely to win Northern California's first stakes of 2006, defeating three rivals in the $73,125 Bay Meadows Cotillion on Sunday.
The victory was her third straight stakes win and marked the sixth straight stakes win for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Hollendorfer has won 10 of the past 14 stakes run in Northern California.
"I'm happy to get off to a good start," Hollendorfer said.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Pussycat Doll had a furlong left to run in Saturday's $250,000 at Santa Anita when trainer Bob Baffert decided he had seen enough. He started heading toward the winner's circle, watching the filly finish the race as he walked.
"I knew it was over at the eighth pole," Baffert said. "She ran like she'd been training."
Relaxing nicely under John McKee, Lawyer Ron set all the pace, turned back a bid from runner up Desert Wheat turning for home and drew clear once again through the stretch to capture Saturday?s $100,000 Diamond Jo Stakes at Evangeline Downs. Desert Wheat finished eight and a half-lengths behind the winner and over eleven lengths if front of even money favorite Premier Dance who saw his five race win streak, all in stakes company, come to an end.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The New Year begins with a pick six carryover of $117,725 at Santa Anita on Sunday.
The pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on Sunday's program, which begins at 12:30 p.m. Because of wet weather on Saturday, bettors are advised to check the late changes before finalizing selections. There is a possibility that the two turf races could be transferred to the main track and that the main track could be listed other than fast.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Unbeaten in three races since being claimed for $62,500 in August, must overcome a wide post position to extend his winning streak to four in Monday's Grade 3, $100,000 El Conejo Handicap at Santa Anita.
It will not be easy. Jet West has drawn the outside post in a field of 12 loaded with speed. Since the El Conejo is run over 5 1/2 furlongs, Jet West will need to show ample speed to avoid being carried wide on the turn.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Nineteen days after wiring the field in the Randaroo Stakes, Oprah Winney meets basically the same group in Monday's $65,000 Ruthless Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct.
Bettors are unlikely to get the same 4-1 odds they got on Oprah Winney in the Randaroo, which is one of several reasons to take a shot against her in the Ruthless.
