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.

Lord of the Game has risen from $10,000 claimer to Grade 2 winner, and if he runs Sunday on the richest card of the meet at Mountaineer Race Track, he will be a popular favorite and big pace player in the $125,000 West Virginia Governor's Stakes. But is also entered in the $45,000 Cigar at his home base of Arlington Park on Saturday, and on Friday morning, trainer Tom Tomillo was deliberating in which direction to head with Lord of the Game.

"I'm still undecided right now," he said. "I think probably I'm leaning a little more toward Arlington."

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Bayou Breeze, a game stakes winner in her Monmouth Park debut, returns to the Jersey Shore on Sunday for the Grade 3, $200,000 Monmouth Breeders' Cup Oaks.

The 1 1/16-mile Monmouth Oaks is positioned less than a week before the Grade 1 Alabama, the premier race of the summer for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga, which will be run Saturday.

While the 1 1/4-mile Alabama traditionally attracts the division leaders, the Monmouth Oaks gives such fillies as Bayou Breeze a chance to snare a graded stakes in less demanding company.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Who's the Cowboy returns to open stakes company Sunday in the Rumson Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters.

A New Jersey-bred gelding, Who's the Cowboy has won 3 of 5 starts this season, with all but one race coming against statebreds. Who's the Cowboy showed open-stakes ability last season with second-place finishes in the Rockhill Native at Monmouth and the Comet at The Meadowlands Racetrack.

DEL MAR, Calif. - What a Song and Bashert renew a budding rivalry Sunday at Del Mar, where both 2-year-olds have burned up the track preparing for the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes.

What a Song posted a neck victory last month over Bashert in the Grade 3 Hollywood Juvenile. Since then, each has posted bullet works at Del Mar, and trainers Bob Baffert (What a Song) and Bill Currin (Bashert) expect further improvement in the 6 1/2-furlong Best Pal.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Island Fashion, the millionaire mare who finished second against males in the 2004 Santa Anita Handicap, may take on the boys in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 21, trainer Marcelo Polanco said Friday.

After discussing options with owner Jeff Nielsen, Island Fashion was made one of 14 nominations to the richest race of the meeting.

As of Friday, 10 horses were considered probable starters: Ace Blue, Borrego, Choctaw Nation, Congrats, Island Fashion, Lava Man, Musique Toujours, Perfect Drift, Super Frolic, and Surf Cat.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Trainer David La Croix has just eight horses in training this summer at Del Mar, but his stable may have the largest say in the meeting's 2-year-old stakes.

La Croix won the Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes with Bully Bones on Aug. 6, and Bully Bones is headed to the $250,000 Del Mar Debutante on Aug. 27. Sunday, La Croix starts Corazondelcampeon in the $150,000 Best Pal Stakes for 2-year-olds.

If he runs well, Corazondelcampeon will be bound for the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 7, putting La Croix in position to try for the rare Debutante-Futurity double.