ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Stakes-placed Victorious Ami will make her first start on the grass in Wednesday's first race at Woodbine, a one-mile maiden special for 2-year-old fillies. Although 16 horses were entered for the $62,700 turf race, only 12 will be allowed to start.
Victorious Ami showed promise when she debuted in a five-furlong maiden special on Aug. 21, finishing a fast-closing second after a slow start. The winner, Roving Angel, came back to capture a tough allowance by five lengths.
AUBURN, Wash. - Positive Prize won the richest of eight stakes on Sunday's Washington Cup Day program at Emerald Downs, coming from just off the pace to score by a length in the $100,000 Gottstein Futurity for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles.
Ridden by Ricky Frazier, Positive Prize got the distance in a stakes-record 1:41.40 and paid $5.80 to win as the second choice. It was the fourth win from five starts for Positive Prize.
* Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. swept both stakes on the program at Monmouth Park, sending out Twist and Pop ($6.20) to win the $65,000 Lighthouse for fillies and mares by 1 3/4 lengths and Upturn ($4) to score a 2 3/4-length victory in the $60,000 Friendly Lover, a six-furlong sprint for New Jersey-breds.
POMONA, Calif. - Beat the Chalk ($6.40), a maiden making his second start, won the $111,250 Barretts Juvenile Stakes at Fairplex Park. Five of the seven starters in the race were first-time starters; two were making their second start, including even-money Dover Dere, who finished third. A 6 1/2-furlong race, the Barretts Juvenile is restricted to 2-year-old colts and geldings that were offered at a Barretts auction.
POMONA, Calif. - Bettors expected the $118,800, 6 1/2-furlong Barretts Debutante Stakes to be a formality for She's Salty, the even-money favorite. Instead, longshot Lunar Flight ($29.40), trained by Ian Jory, won by 3 1/2 lengths while She's Salty was unable to overcome a slow start and finished fifth. Bernstein's Babe pressed a fast pace and finished second, a half-length in front of Bertha Jo.
The Debutante was the first stakes victory for jockey Garrett Gomez since his Sept. 10 return after a 20-month absence.
ALTOONA, Iowa - Miss Moses ($10.40) rallied to score a 1 1/2-length victory in the $75,000 Prairie Meadows Oaks for 3-year-old fillies.
Miss Moses, trained by Mike Stidham, clocked the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.43, beating My Time Now, who finished second, a head in front of Platinum Ballet.
AUBURN, Wash. - Positive Prize won the richest of eight stakes on Sunday's Washington Cup Day program at Emerald Downs, coming from just off the pace to score by a length in the $100,000 for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles.
Positive Prize, a son of Prized who races for Ross McLeod and Charles Ming, got the distance in a stakes record 1:41.40 and paid $5.80 to win as the second favorite. It was the fourth win from five starts for Positive Prize, who is trained by Tim McCanna and was ridden on Sunday by Ricky Frazier.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Soaring Free conquered a distance which had previously eluded him on Sunday at the Woodbine, with a front-running score over Perfect Soul in the $1 million .
Soaring Free, the 2-1 favorite in the Grade 1 event, broke on top from the outside under Todd Kabel, and benefited from a slow pace in the one-turn event. He got the opening quarter in :23.48 seconds, while dueling with Royal Regalia, who set the half-mile split of :46.01.
ELMONT, N.Y. - If the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships were held at Belmont Park this year instead of next, trainer Bobby Frankel wouldn't think twice about running Sightseek in the $2 million Distaff.
But Frankel is concerned that the tighter turns of Lone Star Park - where this year's Breeders' Cup will be held on Oct. 30 - may work against Sightseek. That explains why Frankel's focus this fall is on the two Grade 1 races at Belmont Park.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Sense of Style wasn't at her best Sunday. She didn't need to be.
After breaking slowly and making a strong middle move, Sense of Style persevered to a one-length victory over Balletto in Sunday's Grade 1, $300,000 at Belmont Park. It was three-quarters of a length back to Play With Fire in third. Darn That Girl, Graceful Nancy and Summer Raven completed the order of finish.
Sense of Style added the Matron to victories in the Grade 2 Spinaway and a maiden win to maintain her status as the top juvenile filly on the East Coast.
