INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Coconut Girl ended Ema Bovary's bid for a 10th consecutive victory in Saturday's $106,000 at Hollywood Park.
Coconut Girl disputed the lead throughout and won by 1 1/4 lengths over Ema Bovary, the 2-5 favorite. Coconut Girl ($13) finished six furlongs in 1:08.91.
Stormica finished third in the field of five fillies and mares.
MIAMI - The potential for a major speed battle should land Class of Seventy back in the winner's circle for the first time since September 2002 in Monday's $30,000 optional claiming feature at Calder. The race is scheduled to be run at one mile on the turf.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - D. Wayne Lukas got a measure of compensation for missing the entire Triple Crown series when he saddled Stellar Jayne to a clear-cut victory Saturday in the $161,400 at Churchill Downs.
Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer who has won four runnings of the Belmont Stakes, watched with satisfaction as Stellar Jayne got a perfect stalking trip under Robby Albarado en route to a 3 1/4-length triumph in the Grade 3 Dogwood.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A two-day pick six carryover of $390,666 is part of Saturday's program at Hollywood Park, which includes the simulcast of Smarty Jones's quest to win the Belmont Stakes and racing's elusive Triple Crown.
The Hollywood Park pick six covers the fifth through 10th races on a program that begins at 12:50 p.m. The pick six includes three turf races and three races on dirt - two races for claiming sprinters and a maiden claimer for sprinters.
Here is a glance at the changes for Saturday's pick six races:
ELMONT, N.Y. - It's a good thing trainer Larry Jones didn't put off his New York debut until the Mother Goose. He would have missed out on his first Grade 1 win.
Jones had thought about using the Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs for Island Sand as a prep for the Mother Goose Stakes here on June 26. But when Madcap Escapade and Ashado defected from the field, Jones decided to ship Island Sand to New York for Friday's $250,000 .
ELMONT, N.Y. - If Artie Schiller were a dirt horse, jockey Richard Migliore might be thinking he was riding a Triple Crown winner.
"He gives me a feeling very few horses have given me," Migliore said. "His turn of foot is so explosive, he can put it in another gear."
That explosiveness is on the turf, where in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont Park.
With rain in the forecast for Saturday, four horses were entered as main-track-only entrants, including Master David, who was expected to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Now that he's on the right surface and has a little more experience, don't be surprised if War Trace has a coming-out party in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont Park.
War Trace is a son of Storm Cat out of Memories of Silver, a multiple graded stakes winner on turf. After two failed attempts on dirt, War Trace has won two of three starts on turf. His lone loss came in the Forerunner Handicap at Keeneland, where he finished seventh of eight starters.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The large placard on the outer wall of Barn K at the Trackside training center alludes to a story that reverberated through the racing world last summer. "Trackside, Home of Perfect Drift," the sign begins. "2003 Stephen Foster Grade 1 Winner."
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For a brief window of time late last summer, Elliott Walden had three promising 2-year-olds in his stable. Tiger Hunt and Lightnin n Thunder dominated the Sept. 1 Cradle Stakes at River Downs by finishing one-two. Nearly two weeks later, Victory Light closed stoutly to finish a close second in the Summer Stakes at Woodbine.
