Crossing Point quickly made his way to the front end under jockey Mario Pino and led throughout in the Dave's Friend Stakes at Laurel Park, winning the six-furlong race over a fast track in 1:09.75. He finished three-quarters of a length ahead of Take Achance on Me and paid $10.80. Deer Run finished third as the favorite.
Crossing Point is trained by John Robb and has now won 10 of 30 lifetime starts and more than $300,000.
Gimmeawink bobbled at the break but recovered quickly, raced just off the pace, and drew off in the stretch to win the $100,000 Larry R. Riviello President's Cup Stakes by five lengths over a fast track at Philadelphia Park. He paid $9.80 and completed the one mile and 70 yards in 1:41.53 in the race, which was restricted to 3-year-olds. Tim Ritchey trains the colt, who has now won 7 of 15 starts. Valleyman, a 65-1 shot, nosed out the favored Implicit for second.
Changeintheweather rallied to win the $55,000 Gate Dancer Stakes by a half-length over Delaware Park's sloppy main track. The 4-year-old colt, trained by Graham Motion, returned $6.60 as the favorite and completed the 1 1/8-mile distance in 1:50.92. Jamelao finished second, 1 1/2 lengths ahead of Run to Victory.
Soto remained unbeaten through five starts by winning a stirring stretch duel with favored Dynever in the Grade 3, $600,000 West Virginia Derby on Saturday at Mountaineer Park. Soto, a 3-year-old colt by Dehere trained by Michael Dickinson, completed the 1 1/8-mile distance in 1:46.29, establishing a track record.
A share in Funny Cide's sire, Distorted Humor, sold for $500,000 to top Friday night's Stallion Access Champagne sale of seasons and shares in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Stallion Access does not report the buyers of its seasons and shares at auction. The Distorted Humor share was sold to a buyer bidding by phone through Fasig-Tipton staff. Distorted Humor, a WinStar farm stallion who is also the sire of Awesome Humor, was last year's leading freshman sire.
MIAMI - This track has had a longstanding reputation as a haven for 2-year-old racing. Juvenile races dominate many of the cards here during the second half of the season, while the track's marquee event, the Festival of the Sun, is built around the rich finales of the Florida Stallion Stakes series.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Allen Iwinski did his best Red Auerbach impression, savoring a victory cigar in the Monmouth Park winner's circle Saturday afternoon following the win by Dashboard Drummer in the Grade 3, $100,000 Sapling Stakes.
The trainer had much to celebrate.
Dashboard Drummer had captured Monmouth's premier 2-year-old stakes race only moments earlier. The triumph also vindicated Iwinski's decision to authorize a $200,000 purchase of the gelding following two impressive wins at Prairie Meadows.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - What Steve Hobby saw in Sue's Good News a year ago was on display for everyone to see in the Singapore Plate Stakes. Springing back to life after a dull race late last month in the Delaware Oaks, Sue's Good News roared up four wide in the stretch and outran Keeping the Gold to win by 1 1/4 lengths.