Trickle of Gold extended her winning streak to four races by wiring four other 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 3, $150,000 Safely Kept Breeders' Cup at Laurel.
Ridden by Jeremy Rose for trainer Mike Gorham, Trickle of Gold ($4.80) defeated Maddalena, the even-money favorite, by three lengths after covering six furlongs in 1:10.45.
Trickle of Gold's task was made a little easier when two other confirmed front-runners, Slew Motion and Ebony Star, were scratched.
Reigning Michigan horse of the year Rockem Sockem staked his claim on a repeat title with a 13-length win in the older male division of the Michigan Sire Stakes at Great Lakes Downs. Terry Houghton rode Rockem Sockem for trainer Bob Gorham. Gorham also trained both juvenile winners, Easy Ellie and Weatherstorm.
Mary Doser won three of the six Fire Stakes winners. Each of the six races in the series carried a purse of approximately $140,000.
ALBANY, Calif. - For a rider, there's nothing better than having a good stakes horse. Unless it's having two or three.
Russell Baze had four winners at Bay Meadows on Sunday to finish the 33-day meeting with 56 victories. He earned his 34th career championship at Bay Meadows despite missing three days with bruises suffered in a spill.
He also had three winners Saturday, including a victory in the Bay Meadows Juvenile Stakes aboard Cause to Believe.
Baze, of course, is sitting pretty with the mount on likely Breeders' Cup Sprint favorite Lost in the Fog.
CHICAGO - Kenny McCarthy hasn't even watched a replay of Saturday's Hawthorne Derby. The race turned out well enough in the end, so why revisit the controversy?
McCarthy, a Churchill Downs-based assistant to trainer Bill Mott, saddled the 1-5 favorite, Gun Salute, in the race. Gun Salute won, but only by a neck, and only after Cosmic Kris drew alongside him in deep stretch. And the final order of finish remained in doubt for several more minutes, as stewards - somewhat belatedly - announced an inquiry into the stretch run.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Maidens were in the majority in Sunday's $253,200 here at Woodbine, with eight of the 13 Canadian-bred 2-year-olds looking for their first win.
One got it - Pyramid Park, who registered a convincing victory under Slade Callaghan at 53-1. But perhaps even more surprisingly, there was only one winner to crack the top seven, French Beret, who ran third.
Michael Doyle, who trains Pyramid Park, also sent out Thunder Bowl, who ran fourth.
Spruce's Prince gave Gerald Romero the 1,000th Thoroughbred win of his training career on Saturday night, when he rallied from off the pace for a length and a half victory in the $40,000 No Le Hace Stakes. The seven and a half furlong race closed out the meet at Retama Park near San Antonio.
Oncearoundtwice finished second, three-quarters of a length in front of third-place finisher Charming Socialite.
Jazzy Okie dueled early and drew clear late to win her second career stakes race in the $40,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial at Remington Park in Oklahoma City on Saturday night. Brownie Points, who was 70-1, finished three and a quarter lengths back in second, while it was another neck back in third to Yaddo Cat.
Jazzy Okie ($4.60) pushed Yaddo Cat through an opening quarter in 21.99 seconds, then overtook that one through a half-mile in 44.68. Jazzy Okie went on to cover the six and a half furlongs for 2-year-old fillies in 1:16.46.
Manovan dominated the KTA Futurity at The Woodlands in Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday, when he rolled to a 12.50 length win in the race, which was restricted to the offspring of eligible stallions. Sir Regent finished second, two and a half lengths clear of third-place finisher Murphy's Magic.
Manovan ($3.40) broke on top and steadily increased his advantage through fractions of 24 seconds for the opening quarter and 48 seconds for the half-mile mark. He proceeded to cover the five and a half furlongs in 1:06.40.
Armando Martinez rode Manovan for trainer Joe Thomas, Sr.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Bull Ranch led from start to finish to win the $129,000 Premier's at Hastings on Sunday.
With leading rider Justin Stein aboard, Bull Rush had a very easy time of it while carving out slow fractions of :24.13, 48.99, and 1:14.72, before drawing off to a decisive 7 1/4 length victory. The The final time for the 1 3/8 miles over a sloppy track, was 2:05.23.
