Blind Ambition, a lightly raced 5-year-old mare, gave jockey Julie Krone and breeder Harris Farms their second wins on California Cup Day with a convincing score in the $150,000 Distaff.

Blind Ambition rallied from eighth to win by 2 1/2 lengths over Bold Roberta.

Sent off as the slight favorite in the field of 12, Blind Ambition ($6.80) was timed in 1:12.27 for about 6 1/2 furlongs on turf.

Bold Roberta, a two-time stakes winner at Fairplex Park in September, finished a half-length in front of Sweetcakesanshakes, who was third.

After chasing the likes of Adoration, Got Koko, Elloluv, and Azeri in her last two starts, Royally Chosen found the competition in the $150,000 Cal Cup Matron Handicap far more to her liking. She rolled to a 3 1/2-length victory over Summer Wind Dancer.

Royally Chosen usually finds herself on the lead, but that spot this day was taken by Super High, the race's defending champion. Royally Chosen handled the situation well. Jockey Alex Solis got her to relax despite a moderate pace, and when Royally Chosen took over at the top of the stretch, she did it with authority.

Moscow Burning, claimed for $25,000 at the San Mateo County Fair at Bay Meadows in August, won her third consecutive start and her stakes debut in Saturday's $100,000 California Cup Distance Handicap.

Ridden by Ryan Fogelsonger, Moscow Burning ($14) ran 1 1/4 miles on turf in 2:00.91. Always near the front, Moscow Burning took the lead in early stretch and pulled clear to finish 2 1/2 lengths in front of 17-1 Ardum Relaunch.

Coconut Mango was the fairest of them all in the $50,000 Cal Cup Starter Sprint Handicap, but he did not like the mirror on the wall. Just as he approached the finish of the six-furlong race, the outcome no longer in doubt, Coconut Mango leaped awkwardly over a reflection from the photo finish mirror, but jockey Julie Krone never came out of her irons.

STICKNEY, Ill. - Win pictures from stakes races cover the walls of trainer Tony Mitchell's Hawthorne barn office. Make room for another one. Wiggins capped a three-win day for Mitchell in the Illinois Festival of Racing on Saturday at Hawthorne with an easy front-running victory in the $111,600 Robert F. Carey II Handicap.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - No Comprende ($10.20) defeated an accomplished field to score his first stakes victory Saturday in the Grade 3 Woodbine Slots Cup Handicap.

No Comprende raced four lengths off the pace in the 1 1/16-mile race, as Wake at Noon, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, set fractions of 23.61 seconds, 47.37, and 1:11.35 while being stalked by Mobil. No Comprende made a four-wide bid on the far turn, hit the front at the head of the stretch, and then drew off for a 1 1/4-length score.

Mobil held off favored Parose to end up second in the seven-horse field.

Wacky Patty held off a stretch bid from Miss Cortina to win the $75,000 Chargedupsycamore by a nose at Delta Downs in Vinton, La., Friday night. It was another 2 1/2 lengths back to Crypto's Best in third.

The race served as a prep for the $250,000 Delta Princess on Dec. 5.

Wacky Patty ($3.60) surged to the lead on the backstretrch of the seven-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies, and went on to cover the distance in 1:26.81 over the six-furlong Delta oval. The race was her first start around two turns, and with the win she improved her record to

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Caught in the Rain on Saturday continued her knack of winning stakes by narrow margins at long prices as she rallied to win a three-horse photo in the Grade 3, $113,000 Athenia Handicap at Aqueduct.

Rallying five wide in the stretch under Richard Migliore, Caught in the Rain got up in the final stride to nip Lojo by a nose. It was another nose back to Coney Kitty. Something Ventured, the 2-1 favorite, finished fourth, a half-length farther back.

MIAMI - What a difference a year makes.

At this time last season Ivanavinalot was the undisputed leader of her division, dominating the locally based 2-year-old fillies throughout the summer and fall. Among her victims during that period was Dakota Light, who valiantly but futilely chased Ivanavinalot across the wire on several occasions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Perhaps the two best horses that Eddie Kenneally has trained since he took out his trainer's license eight years ago are Belle of Perintown and Vicki Vallencourt. Both fillies have been entered in the Tuesday feature at Churchill Downs, although Kenneally said he probably will rescind that enticing matchup by scratching one of them.