SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - King's Drama had to work harder than his trainer, Bobby Frankel, thought he would have to in order to win Saturday's Grade 1 , but he got the job done, nonetheless.

Facing unexpected pace pressure from Relaxed Gesture, King's Drama won a 12-furlong duel with that rival, taking the $500,000 Sword Dancer by three-quarters of a length before 28,596 at Saratoga. Relaxed Gesture held second by 3 1/4 lengths over Vangelis, also trained by Frankel.

Meteor Storm, Rochester, Dreadnaught, Silverfoot, and Request for Parole completed the order of finish.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Reluctant to load into the starting gate, Pomeroy was eager to run once the gates opened in the Grade 2 at Saratoga on Saturday. In a gate-to-wire victory, Pomeroy was a four-length winner over I'm the Tiger.

Pomeroy, ridden by Eibar Coa, covered six furlongs in a sizzling 1:08.69, the fastest time for the distance at the meet, and .65 off of Speightstown's track record set in last year's Vanderbilt. Spanish Riddle co-owns the track record with Speightstown.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - When trainer Nick Zito brings a horse to Saratoga's main track who had been training regularly on the Oklahoma training track, it means it's time to get serious. On Saturday, Bellamy Road was all business as he continued to work toward a return to the races.

Bellamy Road, the beaten Kentucky Derby favorite, cruised through a five-furlong workout in 1:00.27 Saturday morning over a main track turned sloppy by overnight rains. Exercise rider Maxine Correa was up for the move, the fastest by almost two seconds of seven works at the distance.

DEL MAR, Calif. - With claimers and one major stakes horse, racehorse owner Bob Bone is having a remarkably successful meeting at Del Mar this summer.

Through Friday, Bone led all owners with 10 wins, highlighted by Choctaw Nation's win in the $250,000 San Diego Handicap on July 24.

Choctaw Nation is Bone's hope in the $1 million Pacific Classic next Sunday.

"He's doing as good as he could be doing," Bone said.

MIAMI - In Summation remained undefeated and established a stakes record when splashing to a six-length victory in Saturday's $75,000 Dr. Fager Stakes, the first leg of the open division of Calder's Florida Stallion Stakes. The race was run over a track downgraded to sloppy because of a sudden downpour less than 30 minutes before post time.

In Summation completed a sweep of the afternoon's two Stallion Stakes races for jockey Manoel Cruz, who also guided Running Lass to a seven-length triumph in the $75,000 Desert Vixen Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

Lemon Maid ($2.80) caught Hatpin in the stretch before drawing off for a 2 1/2-length score in the Grade 3, $165,550 at Woodbine.

Lemon Maid was boxed in among rivals on the turn in the seven-furlong event for 3-year-old fillies. Jockey Todd Kabel found room for her in the four path at the head of the stretch, and she overhauled Hatpin inside the eighth pole to prevail in 1:22.03.

"We were looking for an off-the-pace trip with her, to save her for the end, and hopefully, she would kick on nicely for us," said Kabel. "She did just that."

Gotta Rush ($13.80) ran down pacesetter Ebony Star in the stretch and scored a three-quarter-length victory over Redaspen in the $50,000 Polly's Jet at Delaware Park.

Ridden by Heberto Castillo Jr., Gotta Rush sat in sixth position early, as Ebony Breeze grabbed the lead and set fractions of 25.25 seconds, 49.47, and 1:14.05. On the far turn, Gotta Rush moved outside rivals and then rallied past Ebony Breeze before holding off a late charge on the inside by Redaspen. Ebony Breeze finished another 1 3/4 lengths back in third.

Thor's Echo led throughout Friday's $100,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar to capture his second stakes of 2005.

Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Thor's Echo fought for the lead with Wind Water on the backstretch and Scottsbluff on the turn before pulling away to win by 2 1/2 lengths over Scottsbluff.

Thor's Echo ($5.20) ran seven furlongs in 1:22.09. Thor's Echo broke from post 7 and raced on the outside of Scottsbluff in early stretch.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Tacirring affirmed his standing as the top turf sprinter in the Mid-Atlantic region with an emphatic victory Saturday in the $55,000 Sneakbox Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Tacirring, ridden by Rajiv Maragh, took charge early and pulled away to a 5 3/4-length win for his fourth straight stakes win.

The streak began with the Ben Cohen at Pimlico and was followed by the John McSorley at Monmouth and the Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap at Penn National.

Dover Dere appears to be sitting on a breakout race, and Devilment needs a graded stakes to showcase his emerging talent. The vehicle that could turn the 3-year-old spotlight in their direction the second half of the year is the Grade 3, $750,000 at Mountaineer Race Track on Sunday.