ARCADIA, Calif. - A string of beaten favorites and medium-priced longshots on Sunday has created a pick six carryover of $213,997 for Monday's eight-race program at Del Mar.
The card begins at 2 p.m., with the pick six covering the third through eighth races. There are four races on the main track and two on turf.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Greg's Gold, who had never won a stakes or raced in a graded stakes, pulled an upset in Sunday's $300,000 at Del Mar.
Greg's Gold ($19) won the Grade 1 Crosby by 1 1-4 lengths over Kentucky invader Battle Won, who finished two lengths in front of 18-1 Taste of Paradise.
Pico Central, a top sprinter from 2004, finished last of nine as the 5-2 favorite in his first start since March.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Bonfante ($4) got a dream trip, making his patented move on the turn and cruised through the stretch to record an easy four-length victory over Tonco in Sunday's $65,625 Ernest Finley Handicap at the Sonoma County Fair.
Bonfante was fourth as Trickey Trevor and Flying Supercon battled for the lead with El Dorado Shooter sitting third. El Dorado Shooter was done heading into the turn and Flying Supercon, who broke from the rail inside Trickey Trevor, began to falter midway around the turn.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In the most visibly impressive performance of her career, Ashado powered away to a 9 1/2 length win over Bending Strings in Sunday's Grade 1 at Saratoga.
The victory affirmed Ashado's status as the leader of the filly and mare division.
Ashado, the even-money favorite, drew away from her four rivals as she turned for home in the 1 1/8 mile Go for Wand and was never threatened during the stretch run.
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - Be a Bono, the reigning Quarter Horse of the Year, defended his title in a stakes named after his 93-year-old owner in Saturday's $153,514 Spencer Childers Handicap at Los Alamitos.
Ridden by G.R. Carter, Be a Bono ($3.40) ran 400 yards in 19.48 seconds, beating Catchmeinyourdreams by a neck. Owned by Childers and trained by Dan Francisco, Be a Bono has won 10 of 13 starts and $990,662.
There were three other major stakes on a 14-race program dedicated to California-breds.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - European invader Silver Highlight won her maiden in style at Woodbine Sunday, capturing the $252,400 , the third leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara.
With Martin Dwyer aboard, Silver Highlight had a perfect stalking trip about three lengths off the lead in the mile and a quarter grass race. Pipers Honour and See the Wind dueled through quick fractions over firm footing, before Silver Highlight moved up behind them on the far turn.
Bossier City, La. - As expected, national training leader Steve Asmussen swept the first two positions in Sunday's Southern Beau Stakes at Harrah's Louisiana Downs. Here Tiger pulled away from entrymate Willtosucceed down the stretch after they had dueled for much of the way to prevail by three and a half lengths. First time starter Carroll's Delight ran well to finish third, another three and three quarters lengths further back followed by Desert Wheat. The time for the five furlongs was 1:05.88 over a fast track.
Opelousas, La. - It was an evening of upsets at Evangeline Downs in Saturday's Louisiana Legends Night. Voodoo Gold's ($5.80) victory in the featured $100,000 D. S. "Shine" Young Futurity was the only one by the eight favorites on the program devoted strictly to Louisiana-breds. Justin's Magic finished second in the five-furlong affair for 2-year-olds followed by Poppa Duke.
J D Man ($11.40) started the fireworks in the Mervin Muniz Memorial Starter Stakes as he turned back a bid from 2-4 favorite Seemeloadandfire to prove best in the first of the night's eight stakes events.
AUBURN, Wash. - Karis Makaw stretched her winning streak to three with a 3-4 length victory over Canadian invader Summer Symphony in Saturday's $40,000 Boeing Handicap for fillies and mares at 1 1-16 miles.
Under Ricky Frazier, who was notching the third of four wins on the card, the 4-year-old Karis Makaw stalked the pace of Relaxing Green while racing three wide, moved to the front at the top of the stretch and turned back a determined late bid from Summer Symphony to win in 1:42.60.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Trainer Julio Canani won his third stakes race of the young Del Mar meeting on Saturday when Shining Energy overcame a disadvantageous post to rally for a 1 1/4-length victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 for 3-year-old filly turf runners.
Shining Energy ($19) started from the outside post in the field of 10, a post from which no horse had won a one-mile turf race in five years, a span of 39 races. Jockey Rene Douglas took Shining Energy back to last, and despite a moderate pace, she produced a dazzling turn of foot that carried her past her rivals.
