Blinkers have been a help to Major Rhythm. He added the equipment six starts ago and picked up his third victory since then on Monday in the $125,000 Edward J. DeBartolo Memorial Breeders' Cup Handicap at Remington Park.
Major Rhythm won by three lengths over 122-pound highweight and favorite Maysville Slew. It was another neck back in third to Slew Slayer.
Wildcat Heir took an important step forward Monday afternoon with a powerful four-length victory in the $60,000 Icecapade Stakes at Monmouth Park.
The 4-year-old Wildcat Heir, making only his eighth career start, notched his first stakes victory by demolishing a solid field of sprinters.
Wildcat Heir ($6) rated right behind the speed duel that developed between Here's Zealous and Don Six. The race was over once Jose Velez Jr. turned Wildcat Heir loose.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The finale on Wednesday's card, a $10,000 claimer for 3-year-olds and up, has drawn a field of 13, which includes several classy runners with a chance.
Devil Valentine should be among the favorites in the seven-furlong dash. A 6-year-old with nearly $500,000 in the bank, Devil Valentine won three Ontario-sire stakes in his first two years in competition, and was second in the 2000 Coronation Futurity.
DM Shicago benefited from a perfect start to win Monday's $1.9 million for 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Ruidoso Downs, a race marred by a fatal breakdown suffered by Separate Secrets, the 8-5 favorite.
DM Shicago ($12), ridden by Juan Vazquez, ran 440 yards in a stakes-record 21 seconds, finishing three-quarters of a length in front of 15-1 Take Off Jess.
The victory was worth $1 million for co-owners Fredda Draper and Don Moler. DM Shicago, who won his first stakes in the All American, is trained by Carl Draper.
Gorylla, winner of the 2003 Carlos Pellegrini in Argentina, finished eighth of nine horses in his North American debut in Monday's $75,000 Tri-State Handicap at Ellis Park, a race G P Fleet won by a neck over Flying Jazz.
G P Fleet's victory in the closing-day Tri-State capped a banner weekend for his owners - Elaine, Richard and Bertram Klein - and trainer Steve Flint. They also won the other Ellis stakes race of the Labor Day weekend, taking Saturday's Dade Turf Classic with May Gator. Both horses were claimed earlier in their racing careers.
BENSALEM, Pa. - Despite the fact Love of Money had never raced around two turns or in a stakes race before, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. thought enough of him entering Monday's $750,000 that he wagered $2,000 to win and place on the 12-1 shot.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Prince Arch, who had been racing against the likes of multiple stakes winners Kittens Joy and Artie Schiller, returned from a layoff of nearly two months to win the $108,200 for 3-year-olds on the Mellon turf course.
Prince Arch, who won the Forerunner and the Jefferson Cup with strong closing runs earlier this year, had been freshened since a third-place finish in the Virginia Derby and needed every inch of the 1 3/16 miles to run down Mustanfar, who had collared pacesetter Catch the Glory in midstretch and opened a clear lead.
MIAMI - Aclassysassylassy put herself in position to become only the second filly to sweep all three legs of the Florida Stallion Stakes when she rallied to a 2 1/2-length victory over Cut the Mustard in Monday's $125,000 at Calder. She will attempt to complete the sweep in the $400,000 My Dear Girl Stakes on Oct. 23.
CINCINNATI - The newly formed owner-trainer team of George Steinbrenner and Michael Dickinson won the Grade 3 Cradle Stakes for 2-year-olds at River Downs on Monday with Bellamy Road.
Ridden by Abel Castellano Jr., Bellamy Road opened a six-length lead in midstretch before coasting to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Cradle. Diamond Isle finished second, a neck before Scipion, the even-money favorite in a field of eight. It was another 6 3/4 lengths back to fourth-place finisher Flyrock.
