INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Rebounding from three consecutive losses in major stakes, Star Parade scored her third major stakes win in Sunday's $228,450 at Hollywood Park.
The victory moved her closer to a possible start in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Lone Star Park on Oct. 30, although owner Gary Tanaka must pay a six-figure supplement to make her eligible.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Finishes can't get much tighter than the one in the $60,000 Sunday at Monmouth Park.
Shades of Sunny ($22.20) and Quest of Fate ($7.60) dead-heated for the win. Only a neck further back, Tricky Storm and Scattering Breezes dead heated for third in the five-furlongs turf stakes run over a firm course.
The proverbial blanket could have covered the entire field at the end as all nine were still in the hunt in the final sixteenth of a mile.
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Adreamisborn ($3.20), part of a heavily favored Jerry Hollendorfer-trained entry defied a track speed bias to win the $50,680 at the Alameda County Fair on Sunday.
Adreamisborn was seventh early in the field of eight older runners before rallying along the rail on the second turn. He gained position in the lane and angled out between defending champion Surprise Halo, who took the lead in the lane, and entrymate Gold Ruckus and finished strong to win the 1 1/16-mile race in 1:40.14.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario -I'm the Tiger parlayed a dream trip into an easy win in Sunday's $141,250 , certainly the toughest sprint of the 2004 Woodbine meeting.
Todd Kabel rated the speedy I'm the Tiger just off the pace along the inside in the six and a half-furlong dash, as Lakefield set splits of :21.90 and :44.36 seconds, while being pressed by Tic Tac Man.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Total Impact had developed such a habit of placing in major stakes that trainer Laura de Seroux watched Saturday's $750,000 from her San Diego county home, not expecting him to win.
She missed an eyewitness view of the best performance of Total Impact's career.
Given a ground-saving ride from jockey Mike Smith, Total Impact ($15.40) pulled clear in the final furlong to win by 1 1/4 lengths over Olmodavor. Even the Score, the 7-10 favorite, was third in the field of seven.
De Seroux was delighted to have incorrectly predicted the outcome.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Rock Hard Ten pushed his way back into the national 3-year-old picture with an impressive victory against a modest field in Saturday's $409,300 at Hollywood Park.
The race served as a confidence builder for Rock Hard Ten, who had finished second in the Preakness Stakes and fifth in the Belmont Stakes in the spring. The Grade 2 Swaps Stakes was his first stakes win in a six-race career that includes three wins and earnings of $630,380.
Rock Hard Ten ($3.20) finished 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.47. He had an ideal trip under Corey Nakatani.
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Onebadshark ($9.80) returned from a minor injury, wearing down a game El Dorado Shooter to win the $50,595 Sam J. Whiting Memorial Handicap at the Alameda County Fair on Saturday.
Onebadshark, who had been suffering from a cramping problem in his hind quarters, sat behind El Dorado Shooter through rapid 21.43 and 43.37 opening fractions. He pulled along side at the eighth pole and pulled away to win the six-furlong race by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:08.14. El Dorado Shooter finished three in front of Twentythreejaybird.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Dream of Summer took the track from favored Elloluv right out of the gate, then turned back her remaining rivals in en route to front-running victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 at Hollywood Park.
The A Gleam was the stakes debut for Dream of Summer, but she was given an outsider's chance based on a record that saw her win 4 of 5 previous races on the main track. A fast opening quarter, and equally fast second quarter, was too much for her rivals to overcome.
Bossier City, La - Crawfish King, second to even money favorite Ready Ruler when they met in a maiden special weight affair at Lone Star on June 19, turned the tables on that foe Saturday afternoon with an impressive win in the $50,000 Pioneer Stakes. Secret Tunnel finished a distant second, seven and a half lengths back, with Reno Bob reporting home third. Ready Ruler had little left after chasing the winner through early fractions of :21.81 for the quarter and :45.56 for the half mile and had to settle for fourth.
