Gotaghostofachance couldn't quite escape traffic problems in time to catch Captain Squire in the Grade 1 Ancient Title Handicap at Santa Anita, but managed to extricate himself from a similar situation to post a half-length victory over Captain Squire in the Grade 3, $250,000 , the opening race on Saturday's Breeders' Cup card at Belmont Park.
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Premier Dance won his fourth straight stakes race Sunday, when he circled the field for a length and three-quarter win in the $56,700 Governor's at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M.
Might Be Hooked finished second, a neck in front of third-place finisher Down Home Boy.
ARCADIA, Calif. - A $40,000 claimer outfinished an $85,000 claimer in the Grade 3 on Sunday at Santa Anita. Runner-up in a $40,000 claiming race in his most recent start July 22 at Del Mar, Golden Rahy ($12) rallied from last under Alex Solis to win the mile and one-half Burke by a neck over Wild Buddy. The runner-up was claimed for $85,000 in August.
ALBANY, Calif. - Uninhibited Song ($12.40) and Girl Warrior ($4.80) ended up in a deadheat for the victory in a tight four-way finish in the $100,000 at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday.
Although both fillies were stakes winners, the victory was the first ever on the turf for each. The winning time for the 1 1/8-mile race over the Lakeside Turf Course was 1: 50.67 over a course listed as good.
Both stalked pacesetting Penny Ante and Miss Me, with Uninhibited Song, who broke from the rail, getting a ground-saving trip while Girl Warrior was three wide most of the way.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Straight Line was no match for Vicarage in the Oct. 14 Perryville Stakes at Keeneland, finishing second, beaten 10 lengths. But a change in racetrack and surroundings led that outcome to be reversed in Sunday's opening-day $112,200 at Churchill Downs.
Stalking Vicarage through a pressured pace of 44.55 seconds and 1:08.89 in the 7 1/2-furlong Ack Ack, Straight Line was able to easily power past Vicarage in the stretch to win by 1 3/4 lengths before a crowd of 10,625.
ELMONT, N.Y. - If this weekend was Jerry Bailey's last appearance at Belmont Park, he certainly went out in style.
Bailey guided Altando to a last-to-first neck victory in the Grade 3, $150,000 Knickerbocker Handicap as the Belmont Park meet came to a close before 5,509 fans. The victory in the Knickerbocker came almost 24 hours after Bailey guided Saint Liam to victory in the $4.68 million Breeders' Cup Classic.
Bailey, 48, has hinted that he could retire at year's end, though he reiterated Sunday afternoon that he would not make a decision until mid-December.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Gary Stevens recorded his 5,000th career victory on Sunday when he guided Joint Aspiration to a two-length victory in the $69,950 Gaviola Stakes at Belmont Park.
Stevens's total includes 117 winners in Europe, the United Arab Emirates, Japan and Hong Kong that are not officially recognized by Daily Racing Form or Equibase. DRF and Equibase count only North American wins and wins in the World Championship Series, which includes such races as the Dubai World Cup.
Yaddo Cat became a stakes winner on Saturday when she drew clear to a 4 1/4 length win in the $58,500 Permian Basin at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M.
Ms. Glacken finished second, while it was another length and a quarter back in third to Shezmorethanready.
Yaddo Cat ($4.40) dueled with Ms. Glacken through the opening quarter in the six-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies, overtook her, and went on to cover the distance over a fast track in 1:10.20.
"She just kicked away in the stretch," said Casey Lambert, who was aboard Yaddo Cat for trainer Steve Asmussen.
April's Lucky Boy picked up the fourth stakes win of his career on Saturday, when he rallied for a length and a quarter win in the $40,000 Osage Hills for Oklahoma-breds at Remington Park.
Notable Okie rallied from last for second, while it was another half-length back in third to Ranger B.