Real Dandy had paid his dues. He had picked up checks in all six of the stakes he had started in since March, while lining up against a series of noted 3-year-olds like Afleet Alex, Flower Alley, Don't Get Mad, Scipion and High Limit. And on Sunday at Mountaineer Race Track, it was finally all about Real Dandy. Closing from last-to-first, he won the Grade 3, $750,000 by a length and a quarter over Magna Graduate. It was the first career stakes win for Real Dandy, and it came before a crowd of 19,020 on the richest day of racing in the history of West Virginia.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Our Love made every a pole a winning one Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Louisiana Downs as she wired seven rivals in the Sangue Handicap in course record time. Chitchat Chitchat finished a non-threatening second followed by starting highweight Due to Win Again.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It took nearly two years for Dave to win his first two races. It took five days to win his next two.

After winning an allowance race here on Wednesday, Dave, the recipient of a ground-saving trip from Jose Santos, rallied past Provincetown in the final furlong to win Sunday's $113,600 West Point Handicap at Saratoga. Provincetown, who set a strong early pace under Chantal Sutherland, held second, a neck ahead of favorite Certifiably Crazy.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Edenwold won his second straight stakes after breaking from the one post Sunday at Woodbine in the $159,900 Vandal, a six-furlong dash for Ontario-foaled 2-year-olds.

Edenwold dueled on the lead with No Dilettante through fractions of :22.98 and :45.89, as Victoria's Boy stalked three-wide in third. Victoria's Boy loomed boldly exiting the turn, and drew evenly with Edenwold at the eighth pole, but Edenwold dug in and drew off for a two and a quarter-length tally.

A R Crackers was up for a head win over 3-5 favorite Waupaca on Saturday night in the $50,000 Retama Park Turf Breeders' Cup Handicap. Waupaca was a clear second, finishing a length in front of third-place finisher Seainsky.

A R Crackers returned $20.60 and was ridden by Omar Rodriguez, who registered his first North American stakes win last weekend at Retama.

OPELOUSAS, La. - Stalking the pace under the kind handling of Jamie Theriot, Shaky Town ($5.60) wore down local hero Drill Hall down the stretch to win the $100,000 Evangeline Mile on Saturday night. Three quarters of a length separated the top two finishers and it was another two and a half-lengths further back to Kentucky invader Chippewa Trail in third. Absent Friend and highweight High Strike Zone completed the order of finish in the meeting?s premier event in the handicap division. The running time was 138.60 over fast going.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Willow o Wisp tuned up for the $400,000 Del Mar Derby on Sept. 5with a hard-fought win in Saturday's $150,000 at Del Mar.

The victory marked his second straight stakes victory, seven weeks after the Grade 3 Cinema Breeders' Cup Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Ridden by Garrett Gomez, Willow o Wisp ($4.80) stalked pacesetter Juliesugardaddy to the top of the stretch and outfinished that rival to win by a head. Willow O Wisp ran 1 1-16 miles on turf in 1:41.45.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - This time there were no blinking numbers, no glaring inquiry signs, no tense riders on the phone with Arlington stewards. It was just Powerscourt, jockey Kieren Fallon pumping madly, alone at the finish of the .

A year after Powerscourt flopped toward the rail in the stretch run of the Arlington Million, impeding some of the horses he was leaving in his wake and getting disqualified from first to fourth, he made mincemeat of the best field of turf horses assembled this year in the U.S.

Bossier City, La. - Even money favorite Premier Dance made it two stakes in a row on Saturday as he drew away from 6-5 second choice Smart 'n Salty to win the Minstrel Stakes at Harrah's Louisiana Downs. Noble Texas was along for the show spot followed by Exacto.

DEL MAR, Calif. - has developed so quickly that trainer Howard Zucker is nominating him for fall stakes.

With a win and a second-place finish in his first two starts, Excess Temptations, 3, will try for his first victory against winners in a $60,000 optional claimer for California-breds at Del Mar on Monday.

Excess Temptations is coupled with the maiden winner Excess Taxes. They form an entry that will be strongly favored against six rivals.

Excess Temptations is the stronger half of the entry. Zucker expects a top performance.