Destiny Calls continued her mastery in the Louisiana-bred filly and mare division, posting an easy win in the $100,000 Red Camelia Handicap, the closing-day feature.
While Destiny Calls ran well, she had little to beat. Only four horses were entered against her, and Prized Amberpro was scratched during the warm-up period. The win by Destiny Calls, a 1-9 favorite, created a significant minus show pool.
Grand Island, Neb. - Abbi's Choice ran his winning streak to three straight races with a 5 1/4-length victory over seven others in Saturday's $25,000 Budweiser-Tondi Handicap at six furlongs.
Abbi's Choice ($5.80), ridden by Alex Birzer for owner-trainer Greg Frye, seized command at the top of the stretch and won as the 9-5 favorite in 1:12.60.
Getaway Holme rallied to gain second, with Tonight Rainbow a neck back in third.
GROVE CITY, Ohio - Under Marco Ccamaque, Cayenne Red ($7.20) sprinted clear early and held off the late charge of Floater to score by three-quarters of a length in the $40,000 Howard B. Noonan Stakes for 3-year-old Ohio-breds at Beulah Park.
The victory was Cayenne Red's first stakes score and the fifth career win in six starts. Donn Rowe trains Cayenne Red for his owner-breeder, Roger Davis.
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. - Sunland jockey Ricardo Jaime completed the most unlikely of sweeps when he guided Bonnie and Hassel Spraberry's Hi Teck Man to an upset victory in Sunday's $500,000 . Just 24 hours previously he had been aboard Speedy Falcon for her win in the $261,500 WinStar Sunland Park Oaks, giving local horses wins in both of the track's richest races.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Bold Merit won his fifth straight race Sunday when he moved to the Arkansas-bred ranks for the first time and cruised to a two and a quarter length win over Will's a Player in the $50,000 at Oaklawn Park.
Gun Town finished third in the six-furlong race for 3-year-olds, a length behind Will's a Player.
ALBANY, Calif. - Jockeys Gary Baze and David Lopez both fell from their mounts in two different turf races at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday.
Baze suffered no serious injuries and X-rays of his back proved negative after he was thrown by Forrester Found, who seemed to buck as he left the chute in the third race.
Lopez was dislodged from his mount, Mornings Minion, in the sixth race after his mount bumped into Old Duke Puffer near the wire of a 1 1/8-mile race. Mornings Minion won the race but was disqualified for the incident at the wire.
Lady Sonya picked up the first stakes win of her career when she drove to a neck victory over Coastalota in the $40,000 Double Your Flavor Stakes for Texas-breds at Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday night. It was another neck back in third to Expecting Sugar.
Lady Sonya($6), who was favored as part of a coupled entry with fourth-place finisher Sarastorm, covered the seven furlongs for fillies and mares in 1:24.39. Adrian Ramos rode the winner for trainer Jerry Mayfield. Lady Sonya earned $24,000 for owner Nijad Fares, and overall filly has won 6 of 22 starts and $90,595.
Kodema pulled away for a 3 1/2-length win over Spritely Walker in the $100,000 at Delta Downs on Saturday night. The mile and a sixteenth race for older horses was the closing night feature at the track, which is located in Vinton, La.
Prince Slew finished another neck back in third.
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. - Trainer Henry Dominguez said all week that he didn't feel Speedy Falcon was going to be hindered by not having previously raced two turns, and his words proved true after her near gate-to-wire win in Saturday's $261,500 .
Jockey Ricardo Jaime sent Speedy Falcon from post 7 to get position just off the rail on the first turn. He then relaxed her with a long hold on the backstretch through a moderate half-mile in 47.22 seconds with Shane Sellers stalking her from the inside aboard 8-5 favorite Sister Swank.
