Woodbine-based Spanish Decree, who had finished second at five furlongs on turf in the Rainbow Connection at Fort Erie July 19, returned Sunday to capture the Golden Horseshoe at 6 1/2 furlongs over a muddy main track.

Spanish Decree, a 4-year-old owned, trained, and bred by Frank Huarte, was running back just six days after finishing third in Woodine's Victoriana at 1 1/16 miles on turf.

In the Golden Horseshoe, a filly-mare race originally scheduled for seven furlongs on turf, Spanish Decree rallied from off the pace to prevail by a half-length under Jake Barton.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Mike Farro moves slowly, and his head, knee, and side still ache. Yet he considers himself himself lucky.

The trainer hit his head on the windshield in a car crash Friday night near Monmouth Park and took some hard knocks. The car might be totaled, but Farro was able to walk away.

He gets three opportunities Wednesday at Monmouth Park to see if his luck holds.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - His Canadian Triple Crown mission accomplished, Wando now will have a short break while plans for his immediate future are mapped out.

While the general assumption has been that Wando would head south, to run on the main track and establish his viability as a candidate for the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic, there is an interesting alternative right here in his backyard.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - So this is what it's like to have a Triple Crown winner.

It had been a relatively short time since Peteski became the last Canadian Triple Crown winner by capturing the Breeders' Stakes here in 1993.

And while there have been many great moments in the interim, it seemed like a revival of racing's wonder years here last Saturday as the clock ticked down to zero hour for Wando, the wonder horse, in his bid to become Triple Crown winner No. 7.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Forget "Seabiscuit." Azeri is the feel-good story of the summer. She won her 11th consecutive race, delighted an on-track crowd of 20,613, took care of the plungers who dived head first into the place pool, gave jockey Mike Smith a welcome birthday present, and brought trainer Laura de Seroux to tears of joy, all by winning Sunday's Grade 2, $300,000 Clement Hirsch Handicap at Del Mar.

HENDERSON, Ky. - Rafael Bejarano roused Vicki Vallencourt to the lead in the upper stretch before guiding the gray 4-year-old filly to her first stakes victory Sunday in the $102,050 Ellis Park Breeders' Cup Stakes.

Vicki Vallencourt, owned by Ron and Ricki Rashinski, was always prominent in the six-furlong race, stalking Don't Countess Out from the start. Once asked, Vicki Vallencourt quickly drew off, winning by 7 1/4 lengths in 1:09.92.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The pick six went unhit for a second straight day at Saratoga, resulting in a pick six carryover of $435,380 heading into Monday's card.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Joe Cain made his first trip to New York a memorable one on Sunday by sending out Private Horde to a shocking upset of Shake You Down in the Grade 2, $200,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at sloppy Saratoga.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Jockey Ron Warren Jr. suffered a badly bruised right foot during a Sunday workout and took off his mounts.

X-rays at San Mateo Hospital showed no fractures, but the 39-year-old Warren was on crutches when he left the hospital.

A horse Warren was preparing to work from the gate broke through the gate, and Warren was unseated. The horse then backed up and stepped on him.

Warren, who was second at both the 2002-2003 Golden Gate Fields meeting and the 2003 Bay Meadows spring meeting, was not sure how much time he would miss.

Gators N Bears posted a third straight win at his favorite track in capturing the Rumson Stakes.

The Rumson for 3-year-olds going six furlongs topped a trio of $50,000 stakes Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park.

A pair of one-mile New Jersey-bred races, the Jersey Breeders' Handicap and The Highlands for 3-year-old fillies completed the stakes lineup.

In keeping with the local-breeding theme, the first two finishers in the Rumson were the two New Jersey-breds in the four-horse field.