ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Kentucky invader Shaconage overhauled favored Hour of Justice at the eighth pole en route to a decisive score in the $153,875 Ontario Colleen Handicap at Woodbine Sunday.
AUBURN, Wash. - Youcan'ttakeme made her case for horse of the meeting honors at Emerald Downs Saturday, leading throughout 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.40 to score by 3 1/4 lengths over 39-1 shot Calldara in the $100,000 Washington Breeders' Cup Oaks.
It was the fourth straight stakes score from as many starts at the meeting for Youcan'ttakeme, a homebred daughter of He's Tops who races for owner Herman Sarkowsky and is trained by Grant Forster.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Classic Fool ($84.80), a maiden with only two seconds and two thirds in 19 starts, stunned five rivals, including 1-2 favorite Cappuchino and Metatron, uncoupled stablemates both of whom had placed in graded stakes, to win the $60,600 Governor's Handicap at the California State Fair on Saturday.
Classic Fool, bred, owned and trained by Thomas Stewart, was fifth through the opening half mile of the 1 1/8-mile race, while saving ground. He began to cut into pacesetting Cappuchino's lead on the turn and heading into the stretch.
DEL MAR, Calif. - An uncontested lead and a modest pace gave Secret Liaison an unsurmountable advantage in Saturday's $150,000 at Del Mar.
Winning her first graded stakes in the Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo for fillies and mares, Secret Liaison ($9.40) scored by four lengths over Lacie Girl. Trained by Ted H. West for Desperado Stable, Secret Liaison ran 6 1-2 furlongs in 1:15.53.
Expected to face early pressure, Secret Liaison led by a half-length after an opening quarter mile in 22.46 and by a length after a half-mile in 45.03 seconds, moderate fractions for a sprint.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - History repeated itself in the most glorious way Saturday for trainer Wally Dollase and Horizon Stable as Ten Most Wanted rolled to a 4 1/2-length victory over Peace Rules in the $1 million .
The victory came six years to the day of Deputy Commander's victory in the Travers. Deputy Commander is the sire of Ten Most Wanted. Deputy Commander was owned by Horizon Stable and trained by Dollase, who is also the managing partner of the stable.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Fencelineneighbor, a stakes winner at Gulfstream Park in April, scored her first stakes win in California in Saturday's $80,850 for 3-year-old fillies at Del Mar.
Ridden by Jose Valdivia Jr., Fencelineneighbor ($13.20) finished a mile on turf in 1:34.51.
CHICAGO - Out of My Way has won his share of stakes restricted to Illinois-bred horses, but Saturday at Arlington he ventured into deeper water and came out an easy winner. Controllable speed landed Out of My Way a perfect pressing trip, and he blew past Deer Lake at the top of the stretch to score a three-length victory over Bright Valour in the $100,000 Arlington Sprint.
Stylish won her third consecutive stakes in the $200,000 .
Stylish won the Grade 3 Ballston Spa by a half-length over the fast-closing Snow Dance, who broke in the air for the second race in a row. Cozzy Corner, the pacesetter, checked in third, a length behind Snow Dance in the nine-horse field of fillies and mares.
Stylish, under John Velazquez, was never far out of it, and she ran down Love n' Kiss S and Cozzy Corner in the final yards of the 1 1/16-mile grass race. Stylish ($19.40) covered the distance in 1:41.03 over a firm course.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - For the second straight race, Trademark worked out a perfect trip under Richard Migliore, sitting behind a three-horse speed duel and exploding through an opening turning for home to win Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 by two lengths at Saratoga.
Quest Star, who was part of that early duel with Political Attack and Patrol, did well to hold second, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of the slow-starting Tap the Admiral.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Valid Video won the first Grade 1 of his career in Saturday's $200,000 at Saratoga Race Course.
With jockey Joe Bravo, Valid Video wore down pacesetter Great Notion in the final strides for a neck win. Great Notion held on for second, a neck in front of the late-charging Ghostzapper.
Zavata, the 6-5 favorite in the 13-horse field of 3-year-olds, finished eighth.
Valid Video was racing in fourth position down the backstretch as Great Notion carved out sizzling fractions of 21.76 seconds and 43.79 in the seven-furlong King's Bishop.