AUBURN, Wash. - Sky Jack won the Grade 3, $250,000 Longacres Mile with a bravura performance, blistering the mile in a track-record 1:33 to score by a stakes-record 6 1/4 lengths over 6-1 shot Poker Brad. Canadian invader Lord Nelson got third at 24-1.
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Raylene ($12.70) became the second straight filly to win Alberta's richest race when she ran down 2-1 favorite Taiaslew in the stretch to score a length victory in the $150,000 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park. A year ago, Lady Shari won the derby.
Jockey Rickey Walcott had Raylene well placed through the first 1 1/4 miles of the 1 3/8-mile race before making his move at the top of the lane. Facing a five-length deficit, Raylene gained ground on Taiaslew with every stride and was up in time.
Sonic West, fresh from a win in the entry-level allowance ranks, drew off with surprising ease for a 4 1/2-length victory in the $75,000 Governor's Handicap at Ellis Park.
Giving leading jockey Rafael Bejarano his fourth of five wins on the card, Sonic West returned $17.20 as the fifth choice among eight older horses in the one-mile Governor's. He finished in 1:37.31 over a fast track.
Trion Georgia held second by a nose over Sterling Gold, while Woodmoon, the 5-2 favorite, was never a threat in finishing fourth.
EDMONTON, Alberta - For the second year in a row the Canadian Derby, Alberta's richest race, has been won by a filly. Last year Lady Shari won it. On Saturday at Northlands Park, Raylene ran down 2-1 favorite Taiaslew in the stretch to win it by a length.
Four fillies have now won the Canadian Derby. The first was Chariot Chaser in 1965. It took 34 years for another filly to win: Native Brass, who did it in 1999.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando had his first work Sunday since capturing the Aug. 9 Breeders' Stakes. With Patrick Husbands up, Wando breezed five furlongs in 1:02 over a firm turf training course at Woodbine.
"It was just a little leg-stretcher," said trainer Mike Keogh. "He went nice and easy. He still has two more breezes to go before he runs back."
Wando's stablemate Mobil, who was second in the first leg of the Triple Crown, the Queen's Plate, also drilled five furlongs over the turf, going in 59.80 seconds under Todd Kabel.
DEL MAR, Calif. - There can no longer be any question about the brilliance of Candy Ride.
In Sunday's $980,000 Pacific Classic at Del Mar, Candy Ride easily defeated top older horse Medaglia d'Oro to remain undefeated after six starts. The victory confirmed his status as a candidate for the Breeders' Cup Classic at Oak Tree at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, if owners Sid and Jenny Craig pay an $800,000 supplemental fee.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher believes Harmony Lodge has run well enough at times in career to win a Grade 1 race. Sunday, she finally did.
Under a hustling ride from jockey Richard Migliore, Harmony Lodge won an early pace duel with Stellar and Gold Mover then held off a hard-charging Shine Again to win the Grade 1, $250,000 Ballerina Handicap by a nose before 27,205 at Saratoga. Shine Again, the two-time defending Ballerina winner, finished two lengths ahead of Gold Mover.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - One day after pulling off the upset with Valid Video in the Grade 1 King's Bishop at Saratoga, the unstoppable team of Dennis Manning and Joe Bravo struck again Sunday afternoon with Ballonenostrikes in the $50,000 Choice Stakes Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park.
"We're on a roll," Manning said. "Bravo can ride and my horses can run. I'm just along for the ride."
In what has become a mutual admiration society, Bravo returned the compliment.
"He's the man," said the meet's leading rider. "He brings them to the races and I just have to hang on."
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.